I have a very simple question. I read a paper and need to take a look on one of the references. Say
Well, it was easy to search it if there were any title. How can I find the paper? I mean, its title or the journal it was published in. Thanks.
The following worked for me:
Reza Mansouri & Roman U. Sexl (1997) A test theory of special relativity: I. Simultaneity and clock synchronization, General Relativity and Gravitation, Volume 8, Issue 7, pp 497–513.
In essence, I recognized that Gen. Rel. Grav. was most likely the journal's name. (The other possibility was Sexl. Gen. Rel. Grav., but it seemed less likely, because S.U. Sexl. seemed likely to be the second author's name followed by a period.) Once I had found the journal, the year was most useful to me. I then guessed that 8 was the issue. This didn't turn up anything. (Later I discovered that 8 is the volumne.) Next, I guessed that 497 was a page reference, which guided be towards Issue 7. From their, I searched for (what I presumed was the first author's name) Mansouri, which gave me my result.
Recognize that R. Mansouri is the first author's name and that 1977 is the year of publication, and search Google Scholar using that information, i.e., visit https://scholar.google.fr/scholar?q=author%3AR.+Mansouri&as_ylo=1977&as_yhi=1977. From those results, deduce that
Reza Mansouri & Roman U. Sexl (1977) A test theory of special relativity: I. Simultaneity and clock synchronization, General Relativity and Gravitation, Volume 8, Issue 7, pp 497–513
is the correct result, because it is the only result that starts on page 497.
