I am using BibTeX with the amsart class. Is there a way to decrease the vertical spacing between the "References" section heading and the bibliographic entries?
You can redefine the thebibliography environment to add a convenient vertical (negative) space; a little example in which I decrease the vertical spacing by 5pt (the line marked with % NEW):
\documentclass{amsart}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@article{test,
title = "The title",
author = "The Author",
journal = "The Journal",
year = "2012"}
\end{filecontents*}
\makeatletter
\renewenvironment{thebibliography}[1]{%
\@xp\section\@xp*\@xp{\refname}%
\normalfont\footnotesize\labelsep .5em\relax
\renewcommand\theenumiv{\arabic{enumiv}}\let\p@enumiv\@empty
\vspace*{-5pt}% NEW
\list{\@biblabel{\theenumiv}}{\settowidth\labelwidth{\@biblabel{#1}}%
\leftmargin\labelwidth \advance\leftmargin\labelsep
\usecounter{enumiv}}%
\sloppy \clubpenalty\@M \widowpenalty\clubpenalty
\sfcode`\.=\@m
}{%
\def\@noitemerr{\@latex@warning{Empty `thebibliography' environment}}%
\endlist
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\cite{test}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{\jobname}
\end{document}
I would suggest you, however, not to decrease this spacing since doing so the heading and the first reference will appear too close.
answered Oct 23 '12 at 4:10
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Just look for the bibliography style section inside your class file.
Then use \vspace{*}-command just after the section heading.
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3Welcome, it is never a good idea to change cls files. Usually, you have the right to use them, but not to change them. You don't have ownership. – Johannes_B Jan 7 '17 at 9:41
