Can someone please tell me if there is a way to truncate more than 2 authors for a publication and substitute it by et al. instead? I am using BibTeX.
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Near-duplicate of tex.stackexchange.com/questions/5662/… – Tobin Fricke Aug 8 '11 at 14:48
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This answer helped me do what I needed to do: tex.stackexchange.com/a/26582/120014 – EL_DON May 18 '17 at 20:16
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Check this answer: tex.stackexchange.com/a/482291/113143 – JohnM Mar 30 '19 at 17:07
If you use the package natbib it is very easy:
\citet{jon90} --> Jones et al. (1990)
\citet[chap. 2]{jon90} --> Jones et al. (1990, chap. 2)
\citep{jon90} --> (Jones et al., 1990)
\citep[chap. 2]{jon90} --> (Jones et al., 1990, chap. 2)
see the full info in this excellent quick how to:
http://merkel.zoneo.net/Latex/natbib.php
example:
@article{Sillimanetal1995,
title = "Quantifying downflow through creek sediments using temperature time series: one-dimensional solution incorporating measured surface temperature.",
journal = "Journal of Hydrology",
volume = "167",
number = "1-4",
pages = "99 - 119",
year = "1995",
note = "",
issn = "0022-1694",
doi = "DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(94)02613-G",
author = "Stephen E. Silliman and Jose Ramirez and Raye L. McCabe"
}
will be cited as:
Silliman et al. (1995)
if you use: \citet{sillimanetal1995}
if you want the full list of authors you do:
\citet*{sillimanetal1995}
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I am not sure I understand perfectly on how to limit the number of authors to 2 though. I will try reading the documentation again. – Legend Jul 30 '11 at 2:43
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you don't need to limit anything. Once you have in your bibtext more than 2 authors separated with the keyword "and" natbib will take care of things properly. I edited my code above to comply. – Oz123 Jul 30 '11 at 2:50
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Actually, I am new to the latex typesetting system. I just checked my directory and it does not seem to have a bst file although it has a bbl file and a cls file. – Legend Jul 30 '11 at 2:51
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if you don't have a bst file, you can download from a publisher website or just use natbib's default. – Oz123 Jul 30 '11 at 2:59
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the link i pasted here has 3 examples of bst file, go through the link and find them please. If you are new to latex, i highly recommend slowly reading through wikibooks excellent latex book – Oz123 Jul 30 '11 at 3:00
