TypstDocumentation

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
"annual-reviews"

Annual Reviews (sorted by order of appearance)

"pensoft"

Pensoft Journals

"annual-reviews-author-date"

Annual Reviews (author-date)

"the-lancet"

The Lancet

"elsevier-with-titles"

Elsevier (numeric, with titles)

"gb-7714-2015-author-date"

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

"royal-society-of-chemistry"

Royal Society of Chemistry

"american-anthropological-association"

American Anthropological Association

"sage-vancouver"

SAGE - Vancouver

"british-medical-journal"

BMJ

"frontiers"

Frontiers journals

"elsevier-harvard"

Elsevier - Harvard (with titles)

"gb-7714-2005-numeric"

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

"angewandte-chemie"

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

"gb-7714-2015-note"

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

"springer-basic-author-date"

Springer - Basic (author-date)

"trends"

Trends journals

"american-geophysical-union"

American Geophysical Union

"american-political-science-association"

American Political Science Association

"american-psychological-association"

American Psychological Association 7th edition

"cell"

Cell

"spie"

SPIE journals

"harvard-cite-them-right"

Cite Them Right 12th edition - Harvard

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

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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

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

"copernicus"

Copernicus Publications

"sist02"

SIST02 (日本語)

"springer-socpsych-author-date"

Springer - SocPsych (author-date)

"modern-language-association-8"

Modern Language Association 8th edition

"nature"

Nature

"iso-690-numeric"

ISO-690 (numeric, English)

"springer-mathphys"

Springer - MathPhys (numeric, brackets)

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

Springer - Lecture Notes in Computer Science

"future-science"

Future Science Group

"current-opinion"

Current Opinion journals

"deutsche-gesellschaft-für-psychologie"

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie 5. Auflage (Deutsch)

"american-meteorological-society"

American Meteorological Society

"modern-humanities-research-association"

Modern Humanities Research Association 3rd edition (note with bibliography)

"american-society-of-civil-engineers"

American Society of Civil Engineers

"chicago-notes"

Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (note)

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

IEEE

"deutsche-sprache"

Deutsche Sprache (Deutsch)

"gb-7714-2015-numeric"

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

"bristol-university-press"

Bristol University Press

"association-for-computing-machinery"

Association for Computing Machinery

"associacao-brasileira-de-normas-tecnicas"

Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (Português - Brasil)

"american-medical-association"

American Medical Association 11th edition

"elsevier-vancouver"

Elsevier - Vancouver

"chicago-author-date"

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

"vancouver"

Vancouver

"chicago-fullnotes"

Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (full note)

"turabian-author-date"

Turabian 9th edition (author-date)

"springer-fachzeitschriften-medizin-psychologie"

Springer - Fachzeitschriften Medizin Psychologie (Deutsch)

"thieme"

Thieme-German (Deutsch)

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

Taylor & Francis - National Library of Medicine

"american-chemical-society"

American Chemical Society

"american-institute-of-physics"

American Institute of Physics 4th edition

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

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

"gost-r-705-2008-numeric"

Russian GOST R 7.0.5-2008 (numeric)

"institute-of-physics-numeric"

Institute of Physics (numeric)

"iso-690-author-date"

ISO-690 (author-date, English)

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

The Institution of Engineering and Technology

"american-society-for-microbiology"

American Society for Microbiology

"multidisciplinary-digital-publishing-institute"

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

"springer-basic"

Springer - Basic (numeric, brackets)

"springer-humanities-author-date"

Springer - Humanities (author-date)

"turabian-fullnote-8"

Turabian 8th edition (full note)

"karger"

Karger journals

"springer-vancouver"

Springer - Vancouver (brackets)

"vancouver-superscript"

Vancouver (superscript)

"american-physics-society"

American Physical Society

"mary-ann-liebert-vancouver"

Mary Ann Liebert - Vancouver

"american-society-of-mechanical-engineers"

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

"council-of-science-editors"

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

"american-physiological-society"

American Physiological Society

"future-medicine"

Future Medicine journals

"biomed-central"

BioMed Central

"public-library-of-science"

Public Library of Science

"american-sociological-association"

American Sociological Association 6th edition

"modern-language-association"

Modern Language Association 9th edition

"alphanumeric"

Alphanumeric

Default: auto