Which BibTex style would you recommend?

asked 21 Mar '12, 16:29

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edited 21 Mar '12, 16:30


I use the 'alphabetic' style: \usepackage[style=alphabetic,natbib=true]{biblatex}

I prefer a style where the citation handles doesn't change between different versions of my document, like the numeric styles. This style uses author initials and year of publication as handle, thus also allowing the reader to see how old the citations are without moving to the bibliography.

Example (HTML): http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex#toc5

Example (PDF): http://dybber.dk/static/acc-opencl2011.pdf

I don't like how it displays papers with more than three authors. Here only the first author is mentioned and the rest are hidden behind "et al.". Apart from that, I think it satisfies my own needs pretty well.

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answered 22 Mar '12, 13:58

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edited 22 Mar '12, 13:58

Yes. I would've prefferred et. al. in the citation instead of the + (never seen that before), and full names in the bibliography.

(22 Mar '12, 14:05) oleks ♦♦ oleks's gravatar image

ieeetr - the bibliography list is nicely formatted using the most common attributes and uses [<n>] for \cite's.

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answered 21 Mar '12, 16:30

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edited 21 Mar '12, 16:33

I like the idea of briefly noting a name and year in the citation and am terribly irritated by many of the styles' inabilities to write all the entry fields that I specify.

(21 Mar '12, 17:05) oleks ♦♦ oleks's gravatar image
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