How does Mendeley provide multiple citation styles for articles?

Mendeley maintains a comprehensive citation style library with thousands of pre-defined styles. This allows users to seamlessly format citations and bibliographies according to diverse journal and publisher requirements. This functionality relies on Citation Style Language (CSL) files. Mendeley integrates official repositories, such as those from Zotero, providing standardized, widely accepted styles covering common citation formats like APA, MLA, Chicago, Vancouver, and specific journal styles. Users can also import custom CSL files if a required style is not included in the default repository. Styles are added to the Mendeley reference manager software either via the style manager within Word plugins or the desktop application. To utilize different styles, users select their preferred citation format within the Mendeley plugin integrated into Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or LibreOffice. Once selected, the plugin automatically formats in-text citations and the generated bibliography according to the chosen style's specific rules for punctuation, author order, and reference ordering. This capability ensures adherence to publishing standards across manuscripts and simplifies the reformatting process when submitting to different journals.