Dear Sir, A very relevant issue has been raised by Dr. Vimal Kuamr. The different styles followed by different journals not only in LIS, but in other disciplines causes lot of problems to the authors. There is a need that journal publishers follow a standard style of referencing. Dr Kailash C Garg, Ex-Chief Scientist, CSIR-NISTADS Member Editorial Board COLLNET Journal of Scientometrics, Annals of Lib Inf Studies, Journal of Scientometric Research, Life Member Int.Soc.Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI), Academic Counsellor IGNOU