Is there a standard referencing style that uses only last names in the citations? Suppose I have a reference by John Smith and Karen Doe. From what I read here, most styles use one of three classes of citation:
- Purely numeric, e.g. [1], [4-6]
- Short alphanumeric, e.g. [DS2012]
- Last name, first initial, e.g. "Smith, F. & Doe, K"
I would like a variant on the last class in which just the last names are used, and I would prefer if it were an existing style I could download so I wouldn't have to hack an existing style.
If there is no existing style that does this or has it as an option, can someone tell me how to modify a common one, maybe apasoft?
Also, if the maximum number of names listed before switching to et al. could be sensible, e.g. 3, that would be helpful.
FYI: this is for a conference presentation where I'd like the citations to be more memorable than options 1 or 2 above, but shorter than option 3, hence the removal of the first initials.
Thanks.
apalike,lsalikeetc.) use just Author, Year in citations, not Author, Initial., Year). If there are ambiguous citations then initials are sometimes added, but for most cases this doesn't arise. – Alan Munn Apr 25 '12 at 0:13natbibpackage, by the way. For formatting the entries in the bibliography, in contrast, there's a huge variety of styles. Please amend your question to indicate wich reference style (chicago, apalike, ...) you like, and somebody may be able to tell you how to hack the.bstfile to omit any reference to first and/or middle initials in the references. – Mico Apr 25 '12 at 2:52plainnat. Please try erasing all auxilliary files (.aux, .bbl, .blg) and running latex/ bibtex/ latex/ latex once more. If the error persists, I'd suggest you post a new question with a MWE (minimum working example) that generates the error message. – Mico May 3 '12 at 1:55