Questions tagged [citing]

{citing} is about specific or customized citation commands. For general questions about bibliographies and citations, use {bibliographies}, or preferably the tag for the bibliography packages and/or backend programs you use, e.g., {bibtex}, {natbib}, or {biblatex}. For using information from regular \label - statements, use {cross-referencing}.

citing is about specific or customized citation commands. For general questions about bibliographies and citations, use {bibliographies}, or preferably the tag for the bibliography packages and/or backend programs you use, e.g., , , or . For using information from regular \label - statements, use .

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Is there a way to optimize citation order to reduce the number of superscript numbers in text?

I want to know if there is a way to optimize the order my citations are in, such that they output the minimum number of numbers in the text. So, if I have citations \cite{A,B,C} and later \cite{A,C,D} it will realize that if I had instead done…
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Citation with some text inside square brackets

I'd like to add a citation which looks like this: [_Text_ Citation_01, pages] For example: [See: 155, pp.89--99] How can I do this using standard \cite{} command (without natbib or anything else)? P.S. The text might be in Cyrillic!
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Best way to cite interviews or conversations with BibTeX?

I'm writing a master thesis where part of the source material is from conversations with employees and is not necessarily written anywhere. What would be the best way to cite this? I am considering using @misc and just have title="Information from…
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How to generate multiple, numeric-style citation call-outs?

In my kile documents, I want to add multiple citations. For this I use the command \cite{cristo,taylor,polgar,phillips,speirs,simoes,roberto} The names in this command give numeric references, which is what I wanted, but not in the way I want it.…
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How to simply footcite with biblatex

I would like to cite so that the reference shows up in the footer and in a bibliography, with the number of the reference in the text. I tried to do so with the following…
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Add text in Citation

I want [1, Eqns. (4)-(6)]. For that I have written \cite{citekey} Eqns. (4)-(6). But it generates [1] Eqns. (4)-(6). How to write [1, Eqns. (4)-(6)].?
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Finding errors in a large book

I'm writing a large book (with 11 chapters included separately in the base document, PaP.tex), and when I typeset I get the following output in the Console (and .log file): (./PaP.aux (./PaPCh1.aux) (./PaPCh2.aux) (./PaPCh3.aux)…
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How to cite it properly?

What is the correct way to cite the following: [2, and the references therein] [see also 13,15,33] Should there be a comma after see also? And what is the command to produce it?
Mia
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Why the issue number is missing in reference?

My source is: @article{Astrm2014, doi = {10.1016/j.automatica.2013.10.012}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2013.10.012}, year = {2014}, month = {jan}, publisher = {Elsevier {BV}}, volume = {50}, number = {1}, pages = {3--43}, author…
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Citation within sentence

I'm searching for the code for that kind of citation: According to Smith [2009], the amount of..... I am familiar with the normal use of \cite, but can't figure out how to use it within a sentence! I'm using plain as bibiliography style and no …
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Latex: Multiple \cite's with an 'and' before the last reference

I'm using Natbib and BibTeX writing my thesis. If I say: \citet{key1,key2,key3} did something big. I get: Key1 Author (2014); Key2 Author (2011); Key3 Author (1900) did something big. Is there a formatting command that might give me an "and"…
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How to define new cite command with specific citation format?

The standard \cite{some_ref} command produce citation text like [1], but i'm looking for citation like [1*]. How can i define new cite command for such behavior?
TheBug
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Multiple reference citation: can the separator be a comma followed by a space?

When I use \cite{ref1, ref2} for multiple reference citation, there isn't any blank after the comma. I would like the reference citation to appear as follows: [1, 2]. How can I obtain that?
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renewcommand cite

if I write the \cite{Key} command in the continuous text my citation is not superscript. If I write \textsuperscript{\cite{Key}} it does exactly look what I prefer. My question is if there's a possible to renwecommand the \cite command, because I…
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How to cite Springer's "Encyclopedia of Mathematics"

Can you provide a bibtex-template for citing Springer's "Encyclopedia of Mathematics" that can be used in scientific articles?
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