Referencing with EU Style Using Zotero
Referencing a journal article
Referencing a journal article
An article
In-text citation
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit (Tehrani et al., 2023).
Reference in the bibliography
Manley, S., Tehrani, P. M. and Rasiah, R. (2023), ‘The (Non-)Use of African Law by the International Criminal Court’, European Journal of International Law, Vol. 34, Issue 3, pp. 555–580, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chad035.
Bibliographic metadata in Zotero

An article (with a non-numerical Issue)
In-text citation
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit (Azabou et al., 2021).
Reference in the bibliography
Azabou, E., Bao, G., Costantino, F., Jacota, M., Lazizi, C. et al. (2021), ‘Randomized Cross Over Study Assessing the Efficacy of Non-invasive Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis Resistant to Biotherapies: The ESNV-SPA Study Protocol’, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Vol. 15, June, Frontiers Media S.A., https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.679775.
Bibliographic metadata in Zotero

Journal articles or similar serial part
Zotero 'Item Type' – 'Journal Article'.
Creator roles (in order of preference as main creator): ‘Author’, ‘Editor’, ‘Translator’ and ‘Contributor’.
In the present version of EU style, the 'Reviewed Author' role is not considered.
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Zotero fields |
Bibliographic element |
Status |
observations |
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Author (or other) |
Creator |
Required if... |
... applicable |
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Title |
Title |
Required |
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Publication |
Series title |
Required |
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Volume |
Series volume |
Required if... |
... applicable |
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Issue |
Series issue |
Required if... |
... applicable |
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Pages |
Start and end page numbers |
Required if... |
... applicable |
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Date |
Date of publication |
Required |
only the year is required |
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DOI |
Digital identifier |
Required if... |
... applicable |
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Short title |
Title |
Optional |
this field will be used to identify the document in in-text citations if no creators are present |
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URL |
Digital locator |
Required if... |
... applicable and a DOI is not present |
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Call Number |
Internal number |
Optional |
it can be used to add an internal reference number |
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Extra |
[can assume several] |
Optional |
can be used to add additional bibliographic elements that are not included by default, by using specific tags (e.g., publisher: or place:) |
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