Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Why do so many publication venues have their own citation styles?


I have noticed that it seems like every other conference has it's own citation style; even in the same field, or subfield. Or at least each provide their own bibtex style (.BST) file.



  • Are they actually different styles?

  • Is there a historical reason for this?


  • Is there a ongoing practical reason for it today?


(I am in Computer Science. I am not sure if this is field dependent)




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