Dec 12, 2008 09:57
15 yrs ago
English term
pp. S264–S266
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Printing & Publishing
In footnotes:
- see also XXX (1992), pp. S264–S266.
- the book is presented briefly in XXX (1992), pp. S263f
What does "S" mean?
- see also XXX (1992), pp. S264–S266.
- the book is presented briefly in XXX (1992), pp. S263f
What does "S" mean?
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Attila Piróth
France
France
France
PhD, ATA-certified En-Hu, sci-tech-IT
Native in: Hungarian 
Works in: English to Hungarian, French to Hungarian, Hungarian to English, and 2 more.
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pp. S264–S266
S is probably part of the page numbering. It is unusual but not unheard of. Sometimes the page numbers contain the chapter number (page 10-1 is the first page of chapter 10). Similarly, S can refer to an appendix - or to something else.
Of course, the safest would be to take a look at the pages in question.
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"f" is very likely to stand for "footnote" in the cross reference "S263f" - i.e., see the footnote on page S263.
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Sometimes journals contain several sections. Physical Review, for example, contains five sections, A, B, C, D, and E, for different fields of physics. New volumes are issued simultaneously, and this is reflected in the page numbering as well:
Y. Shapira and B. Lax, Phys. Rev. 138, A1191 (1965)
138 is the volume, and the label "A" which identifies the field appears just in front of the page number. ...138A, 1191 could be just as good - but PR uses it this way.
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Yes, you are right, f = following page is an option, too.
I have seen "f" used in the sense "footnote", so the locator 264f meant "footnote of p 264" in the index of a book I translated. The Chicago Manual of Style expressly disapproves using "ff" or "et seq" in an index, and encourages "34-36" instead.
In spite of the CMS's disapproval, ff is used in that sense often in an index - and it is widely used like that in other cross-references. If you are convinced of the meaning, go ahead - but if you are in doubt, check it, as "f" can really mean either footnote or following page.
Of course, the safest would be to take a look at the pages in question.
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Note added at 10 mins (2008-12-12 10:08:17 GMT)
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"f" is very likely to stand for "footnote" in the cross reference "S263f" - i.e., see the footnote on page S263.
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Note added at 22 mins (2008-12-12 10:19:37 GMT)
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Sometimes journals contain several sections. Physical Review, for example, contains five sections, A, B, C, D, and E, for different fields of physics. New volumes are issued simultaneously, and this is reflected in the page numbering as well:
Y. Shapira and B. Lax, Phys. Rev. 138, A1191 (1965)
138 is the volume, and the label "A" which identifies the field appears just in front of the page number. ...138A, 1191 could be just as good - but PR uses it this way.
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Note added at 29 mins (2008-12-12 10:27:04 GMT)
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Yes, you are right, f = following page is an option, too.
I have seen "f" used in the sense "footnote", so the locator 264f meant "footnote of p 264" in the index of a book I translated. The Chicago Manual of Style expressly disapproves using "ff" or "et seq" in an index, and encourages "34-36" instead.
In spite of the CMS's disapproval, ff is used in that sense often in an index - and it is widely used like that in other cross-references. If you are convinced of the meaning, go ahead - but if you are in doubt, check it, as "f" can really mean either footnote or following page.
Note from asker:
| No, I think f = and the following page (ff = and the following pages) |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Attila"
-1
28 mins
Christine Matschke
Germany
Germany
Germany
Deg. in Chemistry, reliable high-quality
Native in: German
Works in: English to German
Supporting Information
I often have papers with additional supporting informations available. All references to these are mentioned by this way: see also Figure S1-S4 or pp. S12-S14
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Dr. Andrew Frankland
: SI is almost never paginated, and even if it were there's unlikely to be 266 pages.
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2 hrs
s264-s266 (as pages of a journal supplement)
Numbering of pages of a supplement mostly occur as in this example, S before the number; also S behind is possible, e.g. in the Journal of Nutrition (browse through this table of contents and find -> 1986S):
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/vol138/issue10/
But, as Attila mentioned already, there are also other letters for certain other sections (A, B, F, I ... ) or these letters are used also for journal supplements: e.g. the "i"
--> Age and Ageing 2005 34(Supplement 1):i10-i16;
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@Stéphanie, thank you for the explanation - if xxx is the author's name (or the authors' ...), I am slightly confused. pp. plus S (as the German S. -> Seite, e.g.) doesn't make sense to me.
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/vol138/issue10/
But, as Attila mentioned already, there are also other letters for certain other sections (A, B, F, I ... ) or these letters are used also for journal supplements: e.g. the "i"
--> Age and Ageing 2005 34(Supplement 1):i10-i16;
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@Stéphanie, thank you for the explanation - if xxx is the author's name (or the authors' ...), I am slightly confused. pp. plus S (as the German S. -> Seite, e.g.) doesn't make sense to me.
Note from asker:
| XXX is not a journal name, but names of authors |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Nesrin
: S for Supplement is very likely. See e.g Recycling Today - October 2008 - Paper Recycling Supplement (Page S1) recyclingtoday.texterity.com/recyclingtoday/200810/?pg=87
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Thank you, Nesrin.
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pp = pages s = section
http://www.answers.com/topic/abbreviation
Plurals are often formed by doubling the last letter of the abbreviation. Most of these deal with writing and publishing: MS=manuscript, MSS=manuscripts; l=line, ll=lines; p=page, pp=pages; s=section, ss=sections;
Plurals are often formed by doubling the last letter of the abbreviation. Most of these deal with writing and publishing: MS=manuscript, MSS=manuscripts; l=line, ll=lines; p=page, pp=pages; s=section, ss=sections;
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