BibTex has an OrgScience template, so could that be used? Of course a bibliography pdf file is not of much use here…
(BTW first names do not need to be abbreviated as far as I know for OS)

As i am not the most sophisticated person concerning such issues, i store everything in my head (and of course in a steadily growing BibTex file). If all else fails, there exists a huge database of high energy physics papers on the net which provides everything one could dream of.

Hi there. At TIM (ETHZ) we are using Endnote, which is available at IDES.ethz.ch. We have made very good experience with this program, since it is easy to use and rather stable in use. Unfortunately, it does not support contextual work. You can download records from several databases such as Web of Science, NEBIS or Google Scholar. It is a suitable, small programm that helps you to write publications.

I just use vi for my references and love it because it does not require me to touch the mouse. Giving smart syntax indenting and highlighting plus a few keymaps, I can hardly see the need for anything else. I definitely would not use a Java-based system as I do not want to deal with hundreds of megabytes of non-free code. Call me pedantic, but I am a Debian developer after all. :)

Thanks for the Layout! Just a question: When I do it, it doesn’t display the “Incollection” category nicely. First, it gives me brackets around the years. Second, there’s a space missing after the period after the year. And there’s a space missing after the “eds.”.

For my thesis I used Bibdesk (Mac Os X).. It also uses BibTex as a format. I espacielly liked the additional scripts.

Hi Matthias,
as a thank-you for the nice blog-post about JabRef here the OrgSci-LayoutFormatter:

package net.sf.jabref.export.layout.format;
import net.sf.jabref.AuthorList;
import net.sf.jabref.AuthorList.Author;
import net.sf.jabref.export.layout.LayoutFormatter;
public class AuthorOrgSci implements LayoutFormatter {
  public String format(String fieldText) {
    AuthorList a = AuthorList.getAuthorList(fieldText);
    if (a.size() == 0){
      return fieldText;
    }
    Author first = a.getAuthor(0);
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
    sb.append(first.getLastFirst(true));
    for (int i = 1; i < a.size(); i++){
      sb.append(", ").append(a.getAuthor(i).getFirstLast(true));
    }
    return sb.toString().replaceAll(”\\. (.)\\.”, “\\.$1\\.”);
  }
}

Maybe you can convince me to add this to the next JabRef release… :-)

You may also check out another literature management software. It’s called synapsen and has many interesting features, special support for BiBTeX as well. You’ll find it here:
http://www.verzetteln.de/synapsen/

i am new to jabref - i intend to use it for my postgrad practice led research in digital arts - i am try ing to find the standard export filters can you help

thanks

paul:-)

Have you try Bibus…

This project is just at his beginning but you can already insert, format and actualize you reference in openoffice easily…

On other hand… I use you new java class for better formating my reference, but I need to put a et between the last two authors… I would like tu edit your java class and change it a bit…

I try to edit the one that come with JabRef, but I have been unsuccessfull…

Do you have a idea of how should I edit java class?

Thanks a lot!

Hi I’m quite new to LateX and jabref and I have the following question:
I would like to write an article for the journal Polymer using LateX in my Latex file I use the \cite command to designate my references.
However I get then the following layout:
1. G. Kim, G. Michler, POLYMER 39(23)(1998)5689-5697
whereas the layout should be:

1. Kim GM, Michler GH. Polymer 1998;39(23):5689-5697.

How can I get the references layout changed automatically? Is this done using the customised export filter?
It would be greeat pf someone could help me.
Thanks a lot in advance,
Nico

I can recommend the following tool:
Zotero (http://www.zotero.org/)
You need a firefox 2.x. Installation is a snap and importing, tagging is really easy.
Give it a try.

Hi, thanx for the Jabref filter :)

Hello, thanks for the OrganizationScience layout. I have modified this one to export in ACS fashion.