RefDB Examples: Style Gallery
RefDB uses style descriptions to adapt the bibliography output to the instructions of a particular journal or publisher. These descriptions are XML documents using the citestylex DTD. This page showcases the styles which are shipped with RefDB. Each entry in the table below provides a brief description of the main features of a style, the journals or publishers which use this style, and a link to a short example document formatted using this particular style.
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| Test document |
| Available styles |
Test document
The test document was loosely modelled after a comparison of citation styles published by the Long Island University.
Download the test document as a refdbnd-created project, including the reference data as a RIS file
Available styles
The styles showcased below are included in the latest RefDB release except where noted. To download a style, use the link in the "name" column. To display an example document using this style, use the link in the "example" column. If you want to see your own custom styles listed here, please send them to the refdb-devel mailing list.
| name | available | citations | sort order | titles | remarks | example |
| AMA | svn | numeric superscript | as cited | yes | American Medical Association, used e.g. by Circ.Res. | AMA.html |
| Ann.Biomed.Eng. | svn | numeric superscript | alphabetically | yes | Annals of Biomedical Engineering | Ann.Biomed.Eng.html |
| APA | svn | (author/year) | alphabetically | yes | American Psychological Association | APA.html |
| Artif.Organs | svn | (numeric) | as cited | yes | Artificial Organs, based on NLM | Artif.Organs.html |
| Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. | svn | [numeric] | as cited | yes | Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun.html | |
| Biochem.Pharmacol. | svn | [numeric] | as cited | yes | Biochem.Pharmacol.html | |
| Biomaterials | 0.9.9 | [numeric] | as cited | yes | Biomaterials.html | |
| Br.J.Pharmacol. | svn | (author/year) | alphabetically | yes | Br.J.Pharmacol.html | |
| CHA-MC | svn | [numeric] | as cited | no | Chemical and Hematological Agents in Medicinal Chemistry | CHA-MC.html |
| Chicago | svn | (author/year) | alphabetically | yes | Chicago.html | |
| Eur.J.Pharmacol. | 0.9.9 | (author/year) | alphabetically | yes | Eur.J.Pharmacol.html | |
| Harvard | svn | (author/year) | alphabetically | yes | Harvard.html | |
| IFMBE Proceedings | svn | [numeric] | as cited | yes | IFMBE_Proceedings.html | |
| J.Biol.Chem. | 0.9.9 | (numeric) | as cited | no | J.Biol.Chem.html | |
| J.Pharmacol.Exp.Ther. | svn | (author/year) | alphabetically | yes | J.Pharmacol.Exp.Ther.html | |
| J.Vasc.Res. | svn | [numeric] | as cited | yes | J.Vasc.Res.html | |
| MLA | svn | (author) | alphabetically | yes | Modern Language Association | MLA.html |
| Murdoch.Law | 0.9.9 | author, title (year) | alphabetically | yes | Murdoch.Law.html | |
| Tissue_Eng. | 0.9.9 | numeric superscript | as cited | yes | Tissue_Eng.html | |
| Turabian | svn | (author) | alphabetically | yes | Turabian.html | |
| citekey | 0.9.9 | [citekey] | alphabetically | yes | suitable for engineering/CS | citekey.html |