# Unabbreviation doesn't work

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/unabbreviation-doesnt-work/2291>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 11, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/unabbreviation-doesnt-work/2291 "2020-09-11T12:25:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Eug](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Eug)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/unabbreviation-doesnt-work/2291/1 "2020-09-11T12:25:55Z")

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Hello, JabRef users and developers!)

I with a problem: after applying the abbreviations for journal titles in the application, I cannot execute unnabbreviation procedure:

1. click 1 time on toggle button - get abrriviation
2. click 2 times on toggle button - get more abrriviation
3. click ‘Unabbreviate Journals names’ tab - get this message : ![1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jabref/original/1X/beda897e60079d1af44572647a747927128882e9.png)

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**Author:** ![k3KAW8Pnf7mkmdSMPHz2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/k3kaw8pnf7mkmdsmphz2/32/1116_2.png) [@k3KAW8Pnf7mkmdSMPHz2](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/k3KAW8Pnf7mkmdSMPHz2)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/unabbreviation-doesnt-work/2291/2 "2020-09-14T19:27:20Z")

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Hi, could you give an example of a journal that can be abbreviated twice?

(if I understand you correctly, the issue seem to come from a journal being abbreviated two times)

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**Author:** ![andyblueg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/andyblueg/32/769_2.png) [@andyblueg](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/andyblueg)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/unabbreviation-doesnt-work/2291/3 "2020-10-06T08:33:06Z")

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I have the same problem, for example with “Journal of Climate”. This is first abbreviated to “J. Climate”, and then to “J Climate”. When I then try to get the unabbreviated name again, I get the same error as above.

PS: There is no problem from “J. Climate” back to “Journal of Climate”. My question is therefore: The little button next to the journal name is supposed to cycle through the 3 versions?

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**Author:** ![k3KAW8Pnf7mkmdSMPHz2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/k3kaw8pnf7mkmdsmphz2/32/1116_2.png) [@k3KAW8Pnf7mkmdSMPHz2](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/k3KAW8Pnf7mkmdSMPHz2)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/unabbreviation-doesnt-work/2291/4 "2020-10-12T20:37:28Z")

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Hello @andyblueg

I am not sure what should happen. But as is, the behaviour doesn’t match the tooltip text and unabbreviating from the menu should work.

If you feel up to it, I think creating an issue at [https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues) will be the quickest way of resolving it.