The \clearfield
command should suppress issue numbers globally in biblatex
, but in my MWE below, it only suppressed the issue number in the bibliography, and it ghostly reappears in the footnote. Why is this and how can I suppress the issue number everywhere?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[british]{babel}
\usepackage[autostyle]{csquotes}
\usepackage[style=oscola,backend=biber,ibidtracker=true,ibidstyle=lc,giveninits,ecli=true]{biblatex}
\AtEveryBibitem{%
\ifentrytype{article}{
\clearfield{issue}%
\clearfield{number}%
}{}}
\addbibresource{mylibrary.bib}
\begin{filecontents}{mylibrary.bib}
@article{VanderMeulen2013,
author = {van der Meulen, Bernd},
doi = {10.3390/laws2020069},
issn = {2075-471X},
journal = {Laws},
number = {2},
pages = {69--98},
title = {{The Structure of European Food Law}},
volume = {2},
year = {2013}
}
\end{filecontents}
\begin{document}
A sentence.\autocites{VanderMeulen2013}
\printbibliography
\end{document}