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| Selected response from: Attila Piróth France Local time: 13:29 | ||||||
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4 +4 | pp. S264–S266 |
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5 +1 | s264-s266 (as pages of a journal supplement) |
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3 | pp = pages s = section |
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3 -1 | Supporting Information |
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pp. s264–s266 Supporting Information Explanation: I often have papers with additional supporting informations available. All references to these are mentioned by this way: see also Figure S1-S4 or pp. S12-S14 |
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pp. S264–S266 Explanation: S is probably part of the page numbering. It is unusual but not unheard of. Sometimes the page numbers contain the chapter number (page 10-1 is the first page of chapter 10). Similarly, S can refer to an appendix - or to something else. Of course, the safest would be to take a look at the pages in question. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 mins (2008-12-12 10:08:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "f" is very likely to stand for "footnote" in the cross reference "S263f" - i.e., see the footnote on page S263. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2008-12-12 10:19:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sometimes journals contain several sections. Physical Review, for example, contains five sections, A, B, C, D, and E, for different fields of physics. New volumes are issued simultaneously, and this is reflected in the page numbering as well: Y. Shapira and B. Lax, Phys. Rev. 138, A1191 (1965) 138 is the volume, and the label "A" which identifies the field appears just in front of the page number. ...138A, 1191 could be just as good - but PR uses it this way. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 29 mins (2008-12-12 10:27:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Yes, you are right, f = following page is an option, too. I have seen "f" used in the sense "footnote", so the locator 264f meant "footnote of p 264" in the index of a book I translated. The Chicago Manual of Style expressly disapproves using "ff" or "et seq" in an index, and encourages "34-36" instead. In spite of the CMS's disapproval, ff is used in that sense often in an index - and it is widely used like that in other cross-references. If you are convinced of the meaning, go ahead - but if you are in doubt, check it, as "f" can really mean either footnote or following page. |
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