Style-free references rather than standardized citation styles

European Science Editing 48: e83943, doi: 10.3897/ese.2022.e83943

Style-free references rather than standardized citation styles

Libor Ansorge^‡

‡ Výzkumný ústav vodohospodářský T. G. Masaryka, Praha, Czech Republic

Corresponding author: Libor Ansorge ( libor.ansorge@vuv.cz )

Academic editor: Ksenija Bazdaric

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Citation: Ansorge L (2022) Style-free references rather than standardized citation styles. European Science Editing 48: e83943. https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2022.e83943

Abstract

In this communication, the calls for standardizing citation styles are discussed. Instead of standardizing citation style, I consider efforts to introduce style-free references to be more beneficial to authors.

Keywords

citation style; format-free; opinion