Hi, everyone!

This may have been covered before but may still be of interest.  It appears that almost every journal has a different type of format for the research it publishes, especially the reference list.  If researchers decide on a journal to submit a paper to, and then change to another, all the formatting usually has to be adjusted.  It's not much of a problem when there is a short reference list but, when there are a large number of references, changing the format can be quite time-consuming.  

This may be only a "tempest in a teapot" but has any though been given to a universal standard formal for journals?  I believed it would make things easier when preparing a manuscript for publication.

Best regards from Korea!
Ron  Noseworthy

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