Screenshot of an Advanced Processing dropdown menu with 'Convert-Clean Numbered Citation Style' highlighted. Bibliographic References and PubMed Reference Correction have already been run

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Convert/Clean Numbered Citation Style performs three functions:

1. Automate the conversion of numbered (Vancouver) citations between different standard editorial styles.

Standard editorial styles include brackets [2], parentheses (2), or superscript numbers “experiment.²”, or some combination thereof.

2. Clean up the spacing and punctuation in numbered (Vancouver) citations for all citation styles.

3. Clean up the punctuation surrounding the citation (e.g., change “citation¹.” to “citation.¹” and so on) depending on your journal requirements.

Punctuation is cleaned up for periods, commas, colons, and semicolons. Other punctuation, including surrounding quotes, require manual cleanup because the correct order may be context-dependent.

Convert/Clean Numbered Citation Style should be run even if the author used the correct citation style for the journal so that it can clean up formatting of the numbers in citations (e.g., changing “[1, 3-5]” with a hyphen to “[1,3–5]” with an en dash).

How to use

To use Convert/Clean Numbered Citation Style:

Run eXtyles up through the Bibliographic Reference Processing function.
Visually check the document to note the citation style the author used (e.g., numbers in square brackets, numbers in parentheses, etc.).
Select eXtyles > Advanced Processing > Convert/Clean Numbered Citation Style. You will see a dialog asking you to select the bibliographic citation style used by the author.
Select the appropriate style and click OK.