From Mendeley to Endnote mid-project - recognition of in text citations?

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Hello all,

I have nearly completely a research paper in Mendeley, but once realizing it cannot change parenthesis citations to numbers, and various qualms I have with Mendeley, I am switching to Endnote.

I have downloaded my Mendeley library and have it all in Endnote.  My question is, do I have to go through my paper and manually put the references in under Endnote, or is there some way Endnote (in my word doc) recognizes the Mendeley citations, and I can convert them over to Endnote citations? Once that is done, I would then take the citations and change them to numbers. 

I.e., I need …climate warming (Bond et al., 2013) to be …climate warming)[i] with the associated reference in the reference list at the end of the doc. 

Any guidance on whether this is a quick fix or a manual slog is greatly appreciated. 

Best Regards

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No quick fix that I’m aware of I’m afraid. I wouldn’t recommend switching to Endnote midway through a paper. Mendeley should be able to do number citation styles. Just have a look at the citation style preferences, you should be able to search for the citation style for the journal you are going to submit to. Have a read here http://support.mendeley.com/customer/en/portal/articles/169935-adding-new-citation-styles-to-mendeley-desktop

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as in footnotes and bibliography or a numbered bibliography and is that supposed to be an i or a 1.  If footnotes – you will need a macro first.  

if a straightforward numbered bibliography, then I would read this KB article and maybe in concert with this other thread.  

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Hi Ben,

I have gone through their citation styles and tried to contact their help and cannot seem to figure it out.  They have one called numbered but nothing seems to happen. I would love to not switch mid-project so I hope to sort this out via Mendeley.  Thank you!

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Hello there Leanne,

I am turning my scientific paper into a glossy report where the parenthesis aren’t aesthetic, and therefore, I am aiming to have just numbers after a citation that then a reader can look up at the end of the report.  But, I am open to footnotes if that is easier. I don’t know how to add a macro though? I will check out your articles and see if that will help me sort it. I used to be an endote user and then tried Mendeley as I no longer had a free license and man, I have struggled with it and am paying for endnote myself. 

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no – I don’t think footnotes are easier!  But I agree with Ben that Mendeley should have this capability – have you tried their support or forum if available to ask?  

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You were right…I just didn’t know how to ask for the numeric style properly in Mendeley. My apologies! And thanks for the help.