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DOI in reference?

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 8:33 pm
by kga1978
Hi,

I am currently writing a paper for the Royal Society and they would like me to put the DOI in the bibliography. Is there any way to do this? I guess maybe it could be done using the custom user fields?

Thanks a bunch

Re: DOI in reference?

Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 4:51 am
by ozean
If you extend the drawer of the reference window, there should already be a field for the DOI (the second from the bottom, just above PMID). I use this field to enter DOIs (either manually or, for some import filters, adding the DOI to this field works automatically). This is the case for journal articles only, I think.

I have changed one or two of my formats so that they include DOI in the bibliography output. You could do the same for the format that you use for the Royal Society. (Is there only one?) I guess some formats already use the DOI field, but I haven’t checked which…
Screen shot of reference window with DOI field highlighted
Screen shot of reference window with DOI field highlighted
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Re: DOI in reference?

Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 7:22 am
by Jon
Hi, you'd put the doi in the corresponding drawer field, as ozean pointed out. In the format, put u17 (user field 17) where you want the doi to be output.

Jon
Sonny Software

Re: DOI in reference?

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 9:58 pm
by kga1978
Thanks for the replies. However, all this is manual. Since BE already has the DOIs referenced, wouldn't there be a way to do this automatically?

Thanks

Re: DOI in reference?

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 10:05 pm
by Jon
Automatically put it in the bibliography? Yes, if you edit the format accordingly. If that's not what you mean, please contact tech support for help.

Jon
Sonny Software

Re: DOI in reference?

Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 11:31 pm
by kga1978
Sorry, I'm clearly a numbty - it was right in front of me and ocean even provided a screen shot.... Sorry guys - I figured it out now - thanks for the help, it works great!