The reason behind the citation style is to serve the automated parsing of citations by research information systems, which can then roll up all of your contribu

The reason behind the citation style is to serve the automated parsing of citations by research information systems, which can then roll up all of your contributions to the field into a single score which determines one’s entire worth in academia. The author really should have recognized this, as it serves his point about careerism and brownie points. The idea that being forced into a citation style stifles innovation is hilarious, especially coming from a computer scientist - formal systems are all we do. It’s not so hard, is it? Use a citation manager and have them generated for you!