“You’re still on the citation?” he said. “Back in my day, we typed ‘Gaussian 09, Revision D.01’ by hand and the reviewers just trusted us.”
She clicked . She named it “Angewandte – Full Gaussian Hell.” gaussian 09 citation endnote
Alena rubbed her eyes. “I’ve been awake for 36 hours,” she whispered. “You’re still on the citation
Her advisor, a gruff physical chemist named Professor Hammond, had one unbreakable rule: “If you used Gaussian 09, you cite it properly. Not the manual. The primary literature. And it goes into EndNote perfectly, or I will print your .log files and eat them.” “I’ve been awake for 36 hours,” she whispered
Her hand cramped. There were over twenty names. She whispered a curse into the stale air of her cubicle.
Hammond leaned closer. “Delete the period after ‘al’ in the citation. The journal wants a comma. And for God’s sake, make sure you cited the Revision . If you used D.01 but cite A.02, your work is fraudulent.”
Alena wanted to cry. She opened . She navigated through a labyrinth of menus: Bibliography > Author Lists . She un-checked the box that said “Use et al. if there are more than 3 authors.”
