She collapsed into her chair. The cursor blinked. She had spent 45 minutes wrestling a citation.
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.” gaussian 09 citation endnote
She returned to Word. She re-inserted the citation. The document updated. She collapsed into her chair
“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.” Hammond leaned closer
She reopened EndNote. She edited the field. She saved. She updated the Word document. She held her breath.
Not a soft crash—a full, spinning blue wheel of death. When Word reopened, the citation read: (Frisch, M. J., et al., 2009) .