I’m using EndNote X2 with Word 2008 for Mac. The journal that I’m submitting to sorts first by date, then author, but if there are multiple citations by the same author in the citation, those later ones are combined with the earliest one under that author’s name. For example:
(Smith 1999; Jones 2005, 2007; Kirk 2005)
I’ve been trying to adjust the style to get this result, but this is what I keep ending up with:
(Smith 1999; Jones 2005; Kirk 2005; Jones 2007)
I’ve got the “Omit repeated authors” box checked, and the sort order as “Year + Author”. Any suggestions on how to get the format that I need?
This solution is terrible! If one removes the Jones 2007 citation or places it elsewhere, the “2007” suffix gets left behind. Given how many journals required citations formatted this way, I can’t beleive EndNote doesn’t allow the option. The most logical place would the style definition. I suggest calling it “Year + Author (group when author(s) are the same)”
By the way, when I was categorizing output styles, I never paid attention to the in-text citation sorted by “Year+Author” order. Usually, most of the Harvard-devivatives are “Author+Year” order, because the first letter of the first line of each reaference (author name) is alphabetically ordered, which makes Harvard style easy to link in-text citation to reference in the bibliography. If in-text citation is “Year+Author” sorted, bibliography is sorted by Year, and then author name next?? Is the first field of the bibliography template Year?That sounds very strange. Would you tell us the name of the journal?