How to change citation call-out style from superscript to numbers in square bracket?

Question

I am using NYU/Harvard PhD thesis template and I need to make some adjustments. I need to change the citation call-outs to appear in square brackets instead of as superscripts. For example :

I need this style: [1-6]. Instead, I get superscript-type numbers, separated by commas (i.e., 1,2,5,6)

Here is the link to the template : https://github.com/suchow/Dissertate

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

In the file Dissertate.cls of the thesis template package, you'll find the following instruction:

\RequirePackage[super,comma,numbers]{natbib}

Change it to

\RequirePackage[numbers,square,sort&compress]{natbib}