Documentation

citeElement
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Cite a work from the bibliography.

Before you starting citing, you need to add a bibliography somewhere in your document.

Example

This was already noted by
pirates long ago. @arrgh

Multiple sources say ...
@arrgh @netwok.

You can also call `cite`
explicitly. #cite(<arrgh>)

#bibliography("works.bib")
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If your source name contains certain characters such as slashes, which are not recognized by the <> syntax, you can explicitly call label instead.

Computer Modern is an example of a modernist serif typeface.
#cite(label("DBLP:books/lib/Knuth86a")).

Syntax

This function indirectly has dedicated syntax. References can be used to cite works from the bibliography. The label then corresponds to the citation key.

Parameters
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key
label
RequiredPositional
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The citation key that identifies the entry in the bibliography that shall be cited, as a label.

View example
// All the same
@netwok \
#cite(<netwok>) \
#cite(label("netwok"))
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supplement
none or content
Settable
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A supplement for the citation such as page or chapter number.

In reference syntax, the supplement can be added in square brackets:

Default: none

View example
This has been proven. @distress[p.~7]

#bibliography("works.bib")
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form
none or str
Settable
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The kind of citation to produce. Different forms are useful in different scenarios: A normal citation is useful as a source at the end of a sentence, while a "prose" citation is more suitable for inclusion in the flow of text.

If set to none, the cited work is included in the bibliography, but nothing will be displayed.

VariantDetails
"normal"

Display in the standard way for the active style.

"prose"

Produces a citation that is suitable for inclusion in a sentence.

"full"

Mimics a bibliography entry, with full information about the cited work.

"author"

Shows only the cited work's author(s).

"year"

Shows only the cited work's year.

Default: "normal"

View example
#cite(<netwok>, form: "prose")
show the outsized effects of
pirate life on the human psyche.
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style
auto or str
Settable
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The citation style.

Should be either auto, one of the built-in styles (see below) or a path to a CSL file. Some of the styles listed below appear twice, once with their full name and once with a short alias.

When set to auto, automatically use the bibliography's style for the citations.

View options
VariantDetails
"alphanumeric"

Alphanumeric

"american-anthropological-association"

American Anthropological Association

"american-chemical-society"

American Chemical Society

"american-geophysical-union"

American Geophysical Union

"american-institute-of-aeronautics-and-astronautics"

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

"american-institute-of-physics"

American Institute of Physics 4th edition

"american-medical-association"

American Medical Association 11th edition

"american-meteorological-society"

American Meteorological Society

"american-physics-society"

American Physical Society

"american-physiological-society"

American Physiological Society

"american-political-science-association"

American Political Science Association

"american-psychological-association"

American Psychological Association 7th edition

"american-society-for-microbiology"

American Society for Microbiology

"american-society-of-civil-engineers"

American Society of Civil Engineers

"american-society-of-mechanical-engineers"

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

"american-sociological-association"

American Sociological Association 6th/7th edition

"angewandte-chemie"

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

"annual-reviews"

Annual Reviews (sorted by order of appearance)

"annual-reviews-author-date"

Annual Reviews (author-date)

"associacao-brasileira-de-normas-tecnicas"

Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (Português - Brasil)

"association-for-computing-machinery"

Association for Computing Machinery

"biomed-central"

BioMed Central

"bristol-university-press"

Bristol University Press

"british-medical-journal"

BMJ

"cell"

Cell

"chicago-author-date"

Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (author-date)

"chicago-fullnotes"

Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (full note)

"chicago-notes"

Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (note)

"copernicus"

Copernicus Publications

"council-of-science-editors"

Council of Science Editors, Citation-Sequence (numeric, brackets)

"council-of-science-editors-author-date"

Council of Science Editors, Name-Year (author-date)

"current-opinion"

Current Opinion journals

"deutsche-gesellschaft-für-psychologie"

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie 5. Auflage (Deutsch)

"deutsche-sprache"

Deutsche Sprache (Deutsch)

"elsevier-harvard"

Elsevier - Harvard (with titles)

"elsevier-vancouver"

Elsevier - Vancouver

"elsevier-with-titles"

Elsevier (numeric, with titles)

"frontiers"

Frontiers journals

"future-medicine"

Future Medicine journals

"future-science"

Future Science Group

"gb-7714-2005-numeric"

China National Standard GB/T 7714-2005 (numeric, 中文)

"gb-7714-2015-author-date"

China National Standard GB/T 7714-2015 (author-date, 中文)

"gb-7714-2015-note"

China National Standard GB/T 7714-2015 (note, 中文)

"gb-7714-2015-numeric"

China National Standard GB/T 7714-2015 (numeric, 中文)

"gost-r-705-2008-numeric"

Russian GOST R 7.0.5-2008 (numeric)

"harvard-cite-them-right"

Cite Them Right 12th edition - Harvard

"institute-of-electrical-and-electronics-engineers"

IEEE

"institute-of-physics-numeric"

Institute of Physics (numeric)

"iso-690-author-date"

ISO-690 (author-date, English)

"iso-690-numeric"

ISO-690 (numeric, English)

"karger"

Karger journals

"mary-ann-liebert-vancouver"

Mary Ann Liebert - Vancouver

"modern-humanities-research-association"

Modern Humanities Research Association 4th edition (note with bibliography)

"modern-language-association"

Modern Language Association 9th edition

"modern-language-association-8"

Modern Language Association 8th edition

"multidisciplinary-digital-publishing-institute"

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

"nature"

Nature

"pensoft"

Pensoft Journals

"public-library-of-science"

Public Library of Science

"royal-society-of-chemistry"

Royal Society of Chemistry

"sage-vancouver"

SAGE - Vancouver

"sist02"

SIST02 (日本語)

"spie"

SPIE journals

"springer-basic"

Springer - Basic (numeric, brackets)

"springer-basic-author-date"

Springer - Basic (author-date)

"springer-fachzeitschriften-medizin-psychologie"

Springer - Fachzeitschriften Medizin Psychologie (Deutsch)

"springer-humanities-author-date"

Springer - Humanities (author-date)

"springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-science"

Springer - Lecture Notes in Computer Science

"springer-mathphys"

Springer - MathPhys (numeric, brackets)

"springer-socpsych-author-date"

Springer - SocPsych (author-date)

"springer-vancouver"

Springer - Vancouver (brackets)

"taylor-and-francis-chicago-author-date"

Taylor & Francis - Chicago Manual of Style (author-date)

"taylor-and-francis-national-library-of-medicine"

Taylor & Francis - National Library of Medicine

"the-institution-of-engineering-and-technology"

The Institution of Engineering and Technology

"the-lancet"

The Lancet

"thieme"

Thieme-German (Deutsch)

"trends"

Trends journals

"turabian-author-date"

Turabian 9th edition (author-date)

"turabian-fullnote-8"

Turabian 8th edition (full note)

"vancouver"

Vancouver

"vancouver-superscript"

Vancouver (superscript)

Default: auto