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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