I have begun to use Zotero as my publication reference manager and I’ve created a new style sheet that matches what PeerJ requires for citations and references in their journal. What I did was took the APA citation style file and modified it to fit the PeerJ citation format. Please note, the style sheet only accounts for publication references and have not been modified for other types of references (webpages, books, book excerpts, etc.). See past the Read More break to find the XML code to insert into your PeerJ CSL file.
Copy the following text below into your favorite text editor and save it as peerj.csl. You can then open Zotero, go to Options and view the Citation tab. There you will see a Styles tab where you can add a new style. Here you can upload your peerj.csl file.
If you want to download the CSL file, you can find it here: http://edwards.sdsu.edu/~dcuevas/peerj.csl.txt
Other styles can be found on Zotero’s website: http://www.zotero.org/styles/
As I use the PeerJ style more often and find bugs in my modified citation format, I’ll continue to update it here. Enjoy!
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<style xmlns=”http://purl.org/net/xbiblio/csl” class=”in-text” version=”1.0″ demote-non-dropping-particle=”never”>
<info>
<title>PeerJ</title>
<id>http://www.zotero.org/styles/apa-dc_modified</id>
<author>
<name>Daniel Cuevas</name>
</author>
<category citation-format=”author-date”/>
<category field=”psychology”/>
<category field=”generic-base”/>
<updated>2013-06-11T16:45:00+00:00</updated>
<rights license=”http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/”>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License</rights>
</info>
<locale xml:lang=”en”>
<terms>
<term name=”editortranslator” form=”short”>
<single>ed. & trans.</single>
<multiple>eds. & trans.</multiple>
</term>
<term name=”translator” form=”short”>
<single>trans.</single>
<multiple>trans.</multiple>
</term>
</terms>
</locale>
<macro name=”container-contributors”>
<choose>
<if type=”chapter paper-conference” match=”any”>
<names variable=”editor translator” delimiter=”, ” suffix=”, “>
<name and=”symbol” initialize-with=”. ” delimiter=”, “/>
<label form=”short” prefix=” (” text-case=”title” suffix=”)”/>
</names>
</if>
</choose>
</macro>
<macro name=”secondary-contributors”>
<choose>
<if type=”chapter paper-conference” match=”none”>
<names variable=”translator editor” delimiter=”, ” prefix=” (” suffix=”)”>
<name and=”symbol” initialize-with=”. ” delimiter=”, “/>
<label form=”short” prefix=”, ” text-case=”title” suffix=””/>
</names>
</if>
</choose>
</macro>
<macro name=”author”>
<names variable=”author”>
<name name-as-sort-order=”all” and=”symbol” sort-separator=”, ” initialize-with=”. ” delimiter=”, ” delimiter-precedes-last=”always”/>
<label form=”short” prefix=” (” suffix=”)” text-case=”capitalize-first”/>
<substitute>
<names variable=”editor”/>
<names variable=”translator”/>
<choose>
<if type=”report”>
<text variable=”publisher”/>
<text macro=”title”/>
</if>
<else>
<text macro=”title”/>
</else>
</choose>
</substitute>
</names>
</macro>
<macro name=”author-short”>
<names variable=”author”>
<name form=”short” and=”symbol” delimiter=”, ” initialize-with=”. “/>
<substitute>
<names variable=”editor”/>
<names variable=”translator”/>
<choose>
<if type=”report”>
<text variable=”publisher”/>
<text variable=”title” form=”short” font-style=”italic”/>
</if>
<else-if type=”bill book graphic legal_case legislation motion_picture song” match=”any”>
<text variable=”title” form=”short” font-style=”italic”/>
</else-if>
<else>
<text variable=”title” form=”short” quotes=”true”/>
</else>
</choose>
</substitute>
</names>
</macro>
<macro name=”access”>
<choose>
<if type=”thesis”>
<choose>
<if variable=”archive” match=”any”>
<group>
<text term=”retrieved” text-case=”capitalize-first” suffix=” “/>
<text term=”from” suffix=” “/>
<text variable=”archive” suffix=”.”/>
<text variable=”archive_location” prefix=” (” suffix=”)”/>
</group>
</if>
<else>
<group>
<text term=”retrieved” text-case=”capitalize-first” suffix=” “/>
<text term=”from” suffix=” “/>
<text variable=”URL”/>
</group>
</else>
</choose>
</if>
<else>
<choose>
<if variable=”DOI”>
<text variable=”DOI” prefix=”doi:”/>
</if>
<else>
<choose>
<if type=”webpage”>
<group delimiter=” “>
<text term=”retrieved” text-case=”capitalize-first” suffix=” “/>
<group>
<date variable=”accessed” form=”text” suffix=”, “/>
</group>
<text term=”from”/>
<text variable=”URL”/>
</group>
</if>
<else>
<group>
<text term=”retrieved” text-case=”capitalize-first” suffix=” “/>
<text term=”from” suffix=” “/>
<text variable=”URL”/>
</group>
</else>
</choose>
</else>
</choose>
</else>
</choose>
</macro>
<macro name=”title”>
<choose>
<if type=”report thesis” match=”any”>
<text variable=”title” font-style=”italic”/>
<group prefix=” (” suffix=”)” delimiter=” “>
<text variable=”genre”/>
<text variable=”number” prefix=”No. “/>
</group>
</if>
<else>
<text variable=”title” font-style=”italic”/>
</else>
</choose>
</macro>
<macro name=”publisher”>
<choose>
<if type=”report” match=”any”>
<group delimiter=”: “>
<text variable=”publisher-place”/>
<text variable=”publisher”/>
</group>
</if>
<else-if type=”thesis” match=”any”>
<group delimiter=”, “>
<text variable=”publisher”/>
<text variable=”publisher-place”/>
</group>
</else-if>
<else>
<group delimiter=”, “>
<choose>
<if variable=”event” match=”none”>
<text variable=”genre”/>
</if>
</choose>
<choose>
<if type=”article-journal article-magazine” match=”none”>
<group delimiter=”: “>
<text variable=”publisher-place”/>
<text variable=”publisher”/>
</group>
</if>
</choose>
</group>
</else>
</choose>
</macro>
<macro name=”event”>
<choose>
<if variable=”event”>
<choose>
<if variable=”genre” match=”none”>
<text term=”presented at” text-case=”capitalize-first” suffix=” “/>
<text variable=”event”/>
</if>
<else>
<group delimiter=” “>
<text variable=”genre” text-case=”capitalize-first”/>
<text term=”presented at”/>
<text variable=”event”/>
</group>
</else>
</choose>
</if>
</choose>
</macro>
<macro name=”issued”>
<choose>
<if type=”bill legal_case legislation” match=”none”>
<choose>
<if variable=”issued”>
<group prefix=” (” suffix=”)”>
<date variable=”issued”>
<date-part name=”year”/>
</date>
<text variable=”year-suffix”/>
<choose>
<if type=”article-journal bill book chapter graphic legal_case legislation motion_picture paper-conference report song” match=”none”>
<date variable=”issued”>
<date-part prefix=”, ” name=”month”/>
<date-part prefix=” ” name=”day”/>
</date>
</if>
</choose>
</group>
</if>
<else>
<group prefix=” (” suffix=”)”>
<text term=”no date” form=”short”/>
<text variable=”year-suffix” prefix=”-“/>
</group>
</else>
</choose>
</if>
</choose>
</macro>
<macro name=”issued-sort”>
<choose>
<if type=”article-journal bill book chapter graphic legal_case legislation motion_picture paper-conference report song” match=”none”>
<date variable=”issued”>
<date-part name=”year”/>
<date-part name=”month”/>
<date-part name=”day”/>
</date>
</if>
<else>
<date variable=”issued”>
<date-part name=”year”/>
</date>
</else>
</choose>
</macro>
<macro name=”issued-year”>
<choose>
<if variable=”issued”>
<date variable=”issued”>
<date-part name=”year”/>
</date>
<text variable=”year-suffix”/>
</if>
<else>
<text term=”no date” form=”short”/>
<text variable=”year-suffix” prefix=”-“/>
</else>
</choose>
</macro>
<macro name=”edition”>
<choose>
<if is-numeric=”edition”>
<group delimiter=” “>
<number variable=”edition” form=”ordinal”/>
<text term=”edition” form=”short”/>
</group>
</if>
<else>
<text variable=”edition” suffix=”.”/>
</else>
</choose>
</macro>
<macro name=”locators”>
<choose>
<if type=”article-journal article-magazine” match=”any”>
<group prefix=” ” delimiter=”:”>
<group>
<text variable=”volume”/>
<text variable=”issue” prefix=”(” suffix=”)”/>
</group>
<text variable=”page”/>
</group>
</if>
<else-if type=”article-newspaper”>
<group delimiter=” ” prefix=”, “>
<label variable=”page” form=”short”/>
<text variable=”page”/>
</group>
</else-if>
<else-if type=”book graphic motion_picture report song chapter paper-conference” match=”any”>
<group prefix=” (” suffix=”)” delimiter=”, “>
<text macro=”edition”/>
<group>
<text term=”volume” form=”short” plural=”true” text-case=”capitalize-first” suffix=” “/>
<number variable=”number-of-volumes” form=”numeric” prefix=”1-“/>
</group>
<group>
<text term=”volume” form=”short” text-case=”capitalize-first” suffix=” “/>
<number variable=”volume” form=”numeric”/>
</group>
<group>
<label variable=”page” form=”short” suffix=” “/>
<text variable=”page”/>
</group>
</group>
</else-if>
<else-if type=”legal_case”>
<group prefix=” (” suffix=”)” delimiter=” “>
<text variable=”authority”/>
<date variable=”issued” form=”text”/>
</group>
</else-if>
<else-if type=”bill legislation” match=”any”>
<date variable=”issued” prefix=” (” suffix=”)”>
<date-part name=”year”/>
</date>
</else-if>
</choose>
</macro>
<macro name=”citation-locator”>
<group>
<choose>
<if locator=”chapter”>
<label variable=”locator” form=”long” text-case=”capitalize-first”/>
</if>
<else>
<label variable=”locator” form=”short”/>
</else>
</choose>
<text variable=”locator” prefix=” “/>
</group>
</macro>
<macro name=”container”>
<group>
<choose>
<if type=”chapter paper-conference entry-encyclopedia” match=”any”>
<text term=”in” text-case=”capitalize-first” suffix=” “/>
</if>
</choose>
<text macro=”container-contributors”/>
<text macro=”secondary-contributors”/>
<text macro=”container-title”/>
</group>
</macro>
<macro name=”container-title”>
<choose>
<if type=”bill legal_case legislation” match=”none”>
<text variable=”container-title”/>
</if>
<else>
<group delimiter=” ” prefix=”, “>
<choose>
<if variable=”container-title”>
<text variable=”volume”/>
<text variable=”container-title”/>
<group delimiter=” “>
<!–change to label variable=”section” as that becomes available –>
<text term=”section” form=”symbol”/>
<text variable=”section”/>
</group>
<text variable=”page”/>
</if>
<else>
<choose>
<if type=”legal_case”>
<text variable=”number” prefix=”No. “/>
</if>
<else>
<text variable=”number” prefix=”Pub. L. No. “/>
<group delimiter=” “>
<!–change to label variable=”section” as that becomes available –>
<text term=”section” form=”symbol”/>
<text variable=”section”/>
</group>
</else>
</choose>
</else>
</choose>
</group>
</else>
</choose>
</macro>
<citation et-al-min=”4″ et-al-use-first=”1″ disambiguate-add-year-suffix=”true” disambiguate-add-names=”true” disambiguate-add-givenname=”true” collapse=”year” givenname-disambiguation-rule=”primary-name”>
<sort>
<key macro=”issued-sort”/>
<key macro=”author”/>
</sort>
<layout prefix=”(” suffix=”)” delimiter=”; “>
<group delimiter=”, “>
<text macro=”author-short”/>
<text macro=”issued-year”/>
<text macro=”citation-locator”/>
</group>
</layout>
</citation>
<bibliography hanging-indent=”false” et-al-min=”11″ et-al-use-first=”10″>
<sort>
<key macro=”author”/>
<key macro=”issued-sort” sort=”ascending”/>
</sort>
<layout>
<group suffix=”.”>
<group delimiter=”. “>
<text macro=”author”/>
<text macro=”issued-year”/>
<text macro=”title” prefix=” “/>
<text macro=”container”/>
</group>
<text macro=”locators”/>
<group delimiter=”, ” prefix=”. “>
<text macro=”event”/>
<text macro=”publisher”/>
</group>
</group>
</layout>
</bibliography>
</style>