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I see no way for a journal to "object" when someone uses an abbreviation. Surely journals cannot police the thousands of papers that reference publications in a journal.

Wolfgang Bangerth
– Wolfgang Bangerth

2026-03-31 23:25:28 +00:00
Commented 5 hours ago
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I suspect Buffy was referring to the citing work journal, not the cited work journal.

Terry
– Terry

2026-04-01 01:11:41 +00:00
Commented 4 hours ago

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