How to get bibtex to recognize authors with same last name as distinct?
September 21, 2011 8:34 AM Subscribe
Issue with bibtex author-year citations and two authors with the same last name.
I'm writing a paper using latex/bibtex with natbib and have two authors with the same last name that I want to cite. For example, let's say I have A. Smith et al., 2010 (citekey smith10) and B. Smith et al., 2011 (citekey smith11).
If I write \citep{smith10,smith11}, I end up with the output:
(Smith et al., 2010, 2011).
I would rather get:
(Smith et al., 2010; Smith et al., 2011)
which is the format I would get if two last names were different, and seems to better reflect the fact that the authors are distinct. Any tips on how to make this happen?
I'm writing a paper using latex/bibtex with natbib and have two authors with the same last name that I want to cite. For example, let's say I have A. Smith et al., 2010 (citekey smith10) and B. Smith et al., 2011 (citekey smith11).
If I write \citep{smith10,smith11}, I end up with the output:
(Smith et al., 2010, 2011).
I would rather get:
(Smith et al., 2010; Smith et al., 2011)
which is the format I would get if two last names were different, and seems to better reflect the fact that the authors are distinct. Any tips on how to make this happen?
Easiest way:
blah blah (Smith et al., 2010; Smith et al., 2011) \nocite{smith11,smith10}
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 9:21 AM on September 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
blah blah (Smith et al., 2010; Smith et al., 2011) \nocite{smith11,smith10}
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 9:21 AM on September 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
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It's a little hacky, but it'll work.
posted by supercres at 8:38 AM on September 21, 2011 [1 favorite]