Editing Bibtex

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Each time you copy-paste a bibtex entry into your bibliography file, format it in real time.
This will save you lot of time, both when you write and when you "debug" what you wrote

* Abbreviate journal name '''correctly''': Journal of Physical Chemistry C => J. Phys. Chem. C. 

Journal abbreviations can be found uder the following links: https://www.library.caltech.edu/journal-title-abbreviations or https://www.cas.org/support/documentation/references/corejournals

* If you do not have volume and pages, put the doi. That's not automatically done by google scholar. 

* Correct the title if needed. Specially check for formulae: CO 2 => CO$_2$. 

* Put any special character if needed. Garcia => Garc{\'\i}a. 
  
Put all special characters with code (do not type them): García => Garc{\'\i}a. Nørskov => N\o{}rskov. Å => \AA{}

* Separate complex names: MTM Koper ==> M T M Koper. Or: Koper, MTM => Koper, M T M. Bibtex truncates the names. 

* Be aware of complex surnames. Put a dash on them if needed. Garc{\'\i}a Muelas => Garc{\'\i}a-Muelas. I always sign with the dash, but not all people do the same. 

* If you do not have volume and pages, put the DOI. That's not automatically done by google schoolar. 



Some more tips, to make referencing easier:

* The entry should be like this: surname19. Use the surname of the first author and avoid special characters (garcia18 instead of garcía-muelas2018blablabla). 
* We sometimes use names instead of surnames for coworkers (qiang18 instead of li18, fede18 instead of dattila18). 
* If you have many from the same author and year: surname19natchem, surname19jpcc.
* If you have more than 10 authors, google scholar truncate the author list. Add them manually. You may need them for some journals or for your thesis. 
* Use French indentation, two spaces. 
  
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