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I have a .tex file created with a .bib file. Now, I have to incorporate a .bst file into my latex file to follow the journal’s instructions.

I already have created the .bst file using latex makebst but have trouble in incorporanting this .bst file into my original latex file .

FILE WITHOUT .BST FILE 

\documentclass [12pt]{article} 

**\usepackage[backend=bibtex,citestyle=authoryear-comp,bibstyle=authortitle,maxcitenames=2,sorting=nyt,maxbibnames=9]{biblatex}** 

\usepackage{xcolor}

\newcommand\hl[1]{

  \bgroup

  \hskip0pt\color{red!80!black}

  #1

  \egroup

}

\usepackage{graphicx} 

\usepackage{mathtools}

\usepackage{epsfig} 

\usepackage{amsmath} 

\usepackage{amssymb} 

\usepackage{setspace} 

\usepackage{subfigure}

\usepackage[section] {placeins} 

\usepackage{lscape} 

\usepackage{threeparttable} 

\usepackage{appendix} 

\usepackage{longtable} 

\usepackage[justification=centering]{caption}[date] 

\usepackage[bottom]{footmisc}

\usepackage[tablename=TABLE]{caption} 
\usepackage[figurename=FIGURE]{caption}

\usepackage[labelsep=none]{caption} 

\DeclareCaptionTextFormat{up}{\MakeTextUppercase{#1}} 

\captionsetup[table]{ 

    labelsep=newline,

}

\captionsetup[figure]{ 

    labelsep=newline,

}



\setlength{\textwidth}{6in} 

\setlength{\textheight}{8.5in} 

\setlength{\topmargin}{.25in} 

\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.25in} 

\setlength{\footskip}{0.00in} 

\setlength{\headheight}{0.00in} 

\setlength{\headsep}{0.5in} 

\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5}

\usepackage[margin=1.5in]{geometry}

\newcommand{\bunderline}[2][4]{\underline{#2\mkern-#1mu}\mkern#1mu}

\newcommand{\boverline}[2][4]{\overline{#2\mkern-#1mu}\mkern#1mu}

\newcommand{\nunder}[2][5]{\mathrlap{\mkern\the\numexpr#1/2mu\relax\underline{\phantom{\mathrm{#2}\mkern-#1mu}}}#2}

\newcommand{\nunderline}[2][4]{

\ensuremath{\mathrlap{\mkern#1mu\underline{\phantom{\mathrm{#2}\mkern-#1mu}}}}#2}

**\addbibresource{biblio_teachers.bib}**

\DeclareMathOperator*{\argmin}{\arg\!\min}

\onehalfspacing 

\begin{document}

\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}}{\thispagestyle{empty}}

\thispagestyle{empty}

\pagestyle{myheadings}



\begin{center}

{\Large \textbf{title}}\\

\bigskip

{\normalsize author}\footnote{Contact information}\\

\textit{\small place} \\

\bigskip

{\normalsize \hl{date}}

\end{center}



\begin{spacing}{0.9}

\begin{list}{}{\leftmargin=2.5em \rightmargin=2.5em}

\onehalfspacing

\item

{\footnotesize\textbf{Abstract.-}

.....bla bla bla ...

\newline {\small \textbf{JEL Classification:} J13, J44, J45, C61.}

\end{list}

\end{spacing}



\setcounter{footnote}{0}\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\arabic{footnote}}

\newpage \pagenumbering{arabic}

\newgeometry{top=0.8in,bottom=1in,right=1in,left=1in} 

...

bla bla bla

....

\section*{REFERENCES}

\printbibliography[heading=none]



\end{document}

FILE WITH .BST FILE

\documentclass{article}

**\usepackage[numbers]{natbib}**

\usepackage{xcolor}

\newcommand\hl[1]{

  \bgroup

  \hskip0pt\color{red!80!black}

  #1

  \egroup

}

\usepackage{graphicx} 

\usepackage{mathtools}

\usepackage{epsfig} 

\usepackage{amsmath} 
\usepackage{amssymb} 

\usepackage{setspace}

\usepackage{subfigure}

\usepackage[section] {placeins}

\usepackage{lscape} 

\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage{appendix} 

\usepackage{longtable} 

\usepackage[justification=centering]{caption}[date] 

\usepackage[bottom]{footmisc}

\usepackage[tablename=TABLE]{caption}

\usepackage[figurename=FIGURE]{caption}

\usepackage[labelsep=none]{caption}
\DeclareCaptionTextFormat{up}{\MakeTextUppercase{#1}} 

\captionsetup[table]{

    labelsep=newline,

}

\captionsetup[figure]{ 

    labelsep=newline,

}

\setlength{\textwidth}{6in} 

\setlength{\textheight}{8.5in} 

\setlength{\topmargin}{.25in} 

\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.25in} 

\setlength{\footskip}{0.00in} 

\setlength{\headheight}{0.00in} 

\setlength{\headsep}{0.5in}

\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5}

\usepackage[margin=1.5in]{geometry} 

\newcommand{\bunderline}[2][4]{\underline{#2\mkern-#1mu}\mkern#1mu}

\newcommand{\boverline}[2][4]{\overline{#2\mkern-#1mu}\mkern#1mu}

\newcommand{\nunder}[2][5]{\mathrlap{\mkern\the\numexpr#1/2mu\relax\underline{\phantom{\mathrm{#2}\mkern-#1mu}}}#2}

\newcommand{\nunderline}[2][4]{

\ensuremath{\mathrlap{\mkern#1mu\underline{\phantom{\mathrm{#2}\mkern-#1mu}}}}#2}

\DeclareMathOperator*{\argmin}{\arg\!\min}

\onehalfspacing 

\begin{document}

\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}}{\thispagestyle{empty}}

\thispagestyle{empty} 

\pagestyle{myheadings}



\begin{center}

{\Large \textbf{title}}\\

\bigskip



{\normalsize author}\footnote{Contact information}\\

\textit{\small place} \\

\bigskip

{\normalsize \hl{date}}

\end{center}

\begin{spacing}{0.9}

\begin{list}{}{\leftmargin=2.5em \rightmargin=2.5em}

\onehalfspacing

\item

{\footnotesize\textbf{Abstract.-}

... bla bla bla...


\newline {\small \textbf{JEL Classification:} J13, J44, J45, C61.}

\end{list}

\end{spacing}

\setcounter{footnote}{0}\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\arabic{footnote}}

\newpage \pagenumbering{arabic}

\newgeometry{top=0.8in,bottom=1in,right=1in,left=1in} 

...

bla bla bla

....

**\bibliographystyle{PVbibsty} 
\bibliography{biblio_teachers}**

\end{document}
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    Since biblatex and .bst files are incompatible it makes a lot of sense that you would switch to natbib. What problem exactly are you having with the posted code? It looks like it should work. (I say that not having tested it, because the code is not compilable for us: It is not an example document in the sense of an MWE: tex.meta.stackexchange.com/q/228/35864) – moewe Mar 26 '19 at 21:23
  • My problem is that when I use the bib package I get in my references all the citations not only \cite but \textcite \parencite ... etc but using the bst file I got less references specifically the ones linked to the command \cite I wonder if this problem of the bst or my maintex. – Rocio Nuñez Del Arco Mar 27 '19 at 15:17
  • If you use natbib (which may or may not work with the specific .bst style) you can use \citep and \citet (as replacements for \parencite and \textcite). No matter what you do, you will not be able to use biblatex with a .bst style. – moewe Mar 27 '19 at 15:19
  • Thanks for your help your tip was really useful. Do you know where can I find a list of other kind of replacements, for example: for autocite, citeauthor, etc ? – Rocio Nuñez Del Arco Mar 27 '19 at 16:13
  • There is no \autocite replacement, but you would probably choose \citep for that anyway. \citeauthor should also work with natbib. Not all biblatex commands have natbib equivalents. Maybe mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/natbib/natnotes.pdf can help you. – moewe Mar 27 '19 at 16:17
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.bst files are intended for use with BibTeX and can't be used with the biblatex package, because biblatex uses a completely different way to produce citations and bibliographies than BibTeX.

So if you have a .bst file you must use, you can't use biblatex.

If you are lucky, though, your .bst file is compatible with natbib. In that case you can at least use the advanced citation commands that natbib provides. That won't give you all the things you could do with biblatex, but it may be enough for many basic needs - especially for simpler numeric citations. Some macros will have different names and so you will probably have to do some search-and-replace. Note that there may well be subtle and not so subtle differences between biblatex and natbib in terms of their citation commands.

Even though natbib knows \cite (for compatibility reasons), it should be replaced by \citep or \citet. Other biblatex commands and their natbib counterparts include

  • \parencite -> \citep
  • \textcite -> \citet
  • \citeauthor -> \citeauthor
  • \citeyear/\citedate -> \citeyear

natbib has no \autocite, but you may be able to just use \citep instead.

You can have a look at the natbib documentation or this handy reference sheet for more info on natbib's commands.

Mildly related: Universal `\cite` commands or defining new cite commands

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