Making \cites behave like \cite?

Question

My faculty style guidelines expect me to cite without page numbers. But while writing I'd like to work with page numbers to make checking references easier. So I would like to be able to use page numbers, but hide them in the final pdf.

My current idea is to use a custom cite command: \citepage[116]{schonherr2015}

During work I can show the page:\newcommand{\citepage}[2][]{\cite[#1]{#2}}

And for the final version I would use: \newcommand{\citepage}[2][]{\cite{#2}}

This approach works for single references, but I don't know what to do when citing multiple references with page numbers at once (e.g \cites[116]{schonherr2015}[15]{Smith2002}). Is it possible to create a custom command similar to what I did for \cite above? Or do you have suggestions for a different/better workflow?

Answer 1

I think your style guidelines are making a huge mistake when they want you to cite without page references. Page references are extremely useful.

It is not always possible to persuade those in charge to come to their senses, so here is a solution to suppress all postnotes in citations. It should work for most citation styles.

\documentclass[british]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}

\usepackage[backend=biber, style=numeric]{biblatex}

\AtEveryCitekey{\clearfield{postnote}}

\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}

\begin{document}
Lorem \autocite[380]{sigfridsson}
ipsum \autocites[12]{nussbaum}[13]{worman}

\printbibliography
\end{document}