Well, I haven’t actually had a paper published yet (I’m still a student), and when I do I’ll probably have to think harder about that than I’ve bothered to in the past. Most academic journals have a preferred format, so it’s sort of up to them and not the individual researcher. Honestly, thinking about different referencing styles just annoys me. As long as an author gives all the details necessary for readers to track down the source of the information themselves (including page numbers, which some irritating reference styles don’t give), anything else is just being snooty, as far as I’m concerned.
