[R] OT: BibTex year-only citation in text?

[Peter Dalgaard]

Torsten Hothorn <Torsten.Hothorn at rzmail.uni-erlangen.de> writes:

> >
> > > Jason,
> > >
> > > For many bibliography styles, the command \citeyear{key} will work.  If this
> > > doesn't work for the style you are using, you can investigate style-specific
> > > methods or consider other styles.  I find that natbib is good for
> > > author-year formats.
> >
> > Yup. \usepackage[round]{natbib} is what got used for ISwR, combined
> > with a hacked plainnat.bst file to conform with Springer's standards.
> >
> 
> producing you own BibTeX-style file by answering the questions from `latex
> makebst' is almost painless.

Thanks for the tip. Didn't know about that. "*Almost* painless" is
precise, it is a long dialogue and I did manage to skip a crucial item
on the way through.

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