questions about citation analysis, styles, indexing, search etc.

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Do you know the name of this format?

A library software provides a export option for each data item. The out put format is like follow. Do you know the name of this format? It it a strandart format? <?xml version="1.0" ...
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Are volume numbers on article citations reliable? Are they predictable?

Scientific journal articles usually appear in one dedicated issue of a journal. There are cases they are split over more than one issue, too. In citation, this is referred to as issue number. Aside ...
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Zotero and Locals files [closed]

Dose zotero use https://github.com/citation-style-language/locales files for localization?
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Why doesn't Zotero import the language field from an article COinS?

The language field (rft.language) is defined in The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive. If it is why Zotero could not retrieve language from COinS-based site that specify it with that field? To ...
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Where do formal citations in scientific publications originate from?

There are zillions of citation styles to reference publications, especially in academic writing. Browsing late 19th century journals I was suprised by the lack of formal bibliographies and references, ...
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Would an agreement on a centralized style for citations be practical?

Given the large number of possible styles for citations in many different fields (APA, MLA, AP, IEEE, etc.), it's difficult for academics and information science professionals to keep track. It would ...