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Nature 437, 1232 (27 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/4371232a; Published online 26 October 2005

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Call for a cull of pointlessly different reference styles

Errol C. Friedberg1

  1. Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390-9072, USA

Coping with the multitude of formats imposed by academic journals for citing references to the literature is an aggravating and labour-intensive experience. Some of this staggering profusion of styles can be reasonably rationalized, for example the financial imperatives for saving space.

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