About Patrick O'Brien
Founder of citationstyler.com. CSL & Zotero expert.
My name is Patrick O'Brien and just like you in 2009 I was faced with the problem that my university had prescribed a certain citation style that I couldn't find anywhere. So I painstakingly learned about the Citation Style Language (CSL) and created a style for myself and my fellow students. This then continued with a style for a journal where I submitted a paper of my PhD thesis and, many years later, I have created well over 1,000 such styles to journals for free and am one of the main contributors of the CSL team and Zotero expert in the referencing community.
With my styles I close a gap that is otherwise hard to close.
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“Having to [write] footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.” ― Noel Coward
For unis I offer styles in my store here. With a few clicks you can install the style and apply it to your document.
If your metadata is entered correctly, you'll have accurate citations and bibliography. I put a lot of work into the accuracy of my styles.
Please make sure that you buy exactly the style you need. I always mention the guideline compliant and version that I used to create the style, and exact examplesthat I created in Word with the specific style. If you're still not sure or you're looking style that I don't yet offer, please get in touch.
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