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| ==== Why do some citations include first names or initials, and how can I prevent this from happening? ==== | ===== Why do some citations include first names or initials, and how can I prevent this from happening? ===== |
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| Sometimes, you will see citations like "(J. Smith 2000, J. R. Smith 2001)", even though your citation style normally only shows the author's last name ("Doe 2004"). In these cases, Zotero is trying to disambiguate different authors according to the rules of your selected citation style. This is generally a good thing, but disambiguation also occurs when a certain author is inconsistently named in your Zotero library. For example, Zotero treats the names | Sometimes you'll see Zotero produce citations like "(J. Doe 2004)" even though your citation style normally only shows the author's last name ("Doe 2004"). In these cases, Zotero is trying to disambiguate different authors according to the rules of your selected citation style. This is generally what you want it to do, but disambiguation can also occur if a certain author is inconsistently named in your Zotero library. For example, Zotero treats the names |
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| * Jeff Smith | * Jeff Smith |
| * J. R. Smith | * J. R. Smith |
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| as distinct individuals. In this case, you can either go through your library and change all the names that refer to the same person to the exact same form, or you can simply use a style that doesn't disambiguate names. A step-by-step guide to disable given name disambiguation in a CSL citation style can be found [[dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step|here]]. | as distinct individuals and will disambiguate them according to the style rules. You can fix this by going through your library and changing all names that refer to the same person to the exact same form, which will allow Zotero to disambiguate authors correctly in this style and other styles you use in the future. |
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| Zotero and CSL support [[http://citationstyles.org/downloads/specification.html#disambiguation|sophisticated disambiguation rules]]. If a style disambiguates incorrectly, please post to the [[/forum|Zotero Forums]] and provide documentation in form of a style guide or a published article in the publication in question. //Note that these changes do not address the issue of inconsistently named authors.// | If you don't want to update the names in your library, you can also simply use a style that doesn't disambiguate names. A step-by-step guide to disable given name disambiguation in a CSL citation style can be found [[dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step|here]]. |
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| | Zotero and CSL support [[http://citationstyles.org/downloads/specification.html#disambiguation|sophisticated disambiguation rules]]. If you think citations are being disambiguated incorrectly, please post to the [[/forum|Zotero Forums]] and provide documentation in the form of a style guide or a published article in the publication in question. //Note that these changes do not address the issue of inconsistently named authors.// |
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| ==== Other Causes ==== | ==== Other Causes ==== |
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