Here is the harsh truth: Clarivate (the makers of EndNote) does not officially provide a GB/T 7714-87 output style.
The official EndNote style repository currently offers:
Why? Because EndNote's style development historically prioritized international standards. The 1987 version is considered outdated, and maintaining it would require a separate code branch due to conflicting logic in author parsing and date sequencing.
However, absence does not mean impossibility. There are three ways to achieve GB7714-87 compliance in EndNote: gb7714-87 endnote
After 1,500 words, we must address the elephant in the room: EndNote is terrible at supporting GB7714-87. If you are still reading because you cannot fix the author sorting or the punctuation, consider switching to Zotero.
Zotero has a community-maintained, highly accurate GB/T 7714-1987 style file (available via the Zotero Style Repository). Why?
If you are forced to use EndNote by your institution, export your library to Zotero just for final formatting, then copy-paste the bibliography back. Here is the harsh truth: Clarivate (the makers
While the 1987 version is outdated for new publications, it may still be relevant in certain contexts:
EndNote’s official style repository (available through the software or on EndNote’s website) no longer lists GB7714-87 as a default style. Instead, EndNote includes GB/T 7714-2005 and GB/T 7714-2015 as built-in or downloadable options.
To use GB7714-87 in EndNote, you have two options: Bilingual references (Chinese + English) – often requires
Option A: Download a user-created .ens file
Option B: Manually edit an existing GB/T 7714 style
GB7714-87.