Abstract:

[Purposes] This paper aims to summarize the description rules for author names in bibliographic references of global influential English journals, serving as a for reference for the editing or reviewing of the references in domestic journals. Moreover, suggestions for the improvement of relevant national standard are proposed. [Methods] We analyzed and summarized the description rules and formats for author names in bibliographic references of top 50 English journals in impact factor in the Journal Citation Report (2021) from Clarivate. [Findings] Generally speaking, the given names are followed by the surnames for authors in bibliographic references of papers published in the global influential English journals. To be specific, given names of authors in the references are described in accordance with the rules in the original papers and generally abbreviated and only the first letters of the surnames are capitalized. Except some journals which misjudge the names due to the ambiguity, they generally can accurately distinguish the surnames and given names of common English names and English names with prefixes, suffixes, and compound surnames, and correctly handle the abbreviations of surnames. [Conclusions] The description rules for author names in bibliographic references of global influential English journals have great reference value for the editing or reviewing of the references in domestic journals. These rules also indirectly prove that there is no expression or implication that the surnames should be capitalized in ISO 690. Therefore, it is suggested that "surnames in all capital letters" in GB/T 7714—2015 should be abandoned.

Key words: English journal, Reference, Author name, Description rule, International standard, National standard

摘要：

【目的】 总结全球高影响力英文期刊的参考文献责任者姓名著录规则,为国内期刊同行编校或审读参考文献提供参考,并对相关国家标准的修订提出建议。【方法】 以在科睿唯安2021年度《期刊引证报告》中影响因子排名前50的英文期刊为研究对象,重点对其所引用参考文献的责任者姓名著录规范和著录格式进行系统的分析和归纳。【结果】 全球高影响力英文期刊所发表论文的作者姓名均采用名前姓后的书写顺序,这些期刊所引用的参考文献的责任者姓名著录遵循名从主人、名缩写、姓仅首字母大写的简单规则。除了个别期刊因姓名有歧义而出现误判之外,这些期刊均能做到准确辨别普通英文姓名和包含前缀、后缀、复姓的英文姓名的名和姓并正确处理名的缩写。【结论】 全球高影响力英文期刊参考文献责任者姓名的著录规则对国内期刊做好参考文献编校或审读工作都有借鉴价值,同时,这些规则也间接地证明国际标准ISO 690中本无关于责任者姓须全大写的表述或倾向,因此建议国家标准GB/T 7714—2015在修订时不再硬性要求责任者“姓全大写”。

关键词: 英文期刊, 参考文献, 责任者姓名, 著录规则, 国际标准, 国家标准