[Tex/LaTex] Alphabetical order problem in bibliography

bibtexnatbib

I am using BibTeX (with natbib) and I have a file mybib.bib with the following reference:

@Article{DPMN92,
author = {G. Da Prato and P. Malliavin and D. Nualart},
title = {Compact families of Wiener functionals},
journal = {C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris},
year = {1992},
OPTkey = {•},
volume = {315},
number = {S\'{e}rie I},
pages = {1287--1291},
OPTmonth = {•},
OPTnote = {•},
OPTannote = {•}
}

Then I have many more. The problem is that this reference is ordered as "P" and not as "D". I have tried binding "Da~Prato" like that but it does not help, writing {Da Prato} does not help either.

What is the problem? My .tex file looks like this:

\documentclass[article]{imsart}
\usepackage{amsthm,amsmath,natbib}

\begin{document}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{mybib}
\end{document}

Best Answer

For the sort ordering problem write the author name as 

Da Prato, G.

In this way, bibtex interprets Da Prato as the last name and sorts it under D:

Sample output

There is a very good discussion of specifying names in bibtex in the document Tame the BeaST, Chapter 3, section 11, about the author field.

\documentclass[article]{imsart}
\usepackage{amsthm,amsmath,natbib}

\begin{document}
\nocite{*}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{mybib}
\end{document}

mybib.bib:

@Article{c,
  author = {Clarke, A.},
  title = {Title},
  journal = {J.},
  year = 1951
}

@Article{e,
  author = {Edmunds, A.},
  title = {Title},
  journal = {J.},
  year = 1950
}

@Article{DPMN92,
author = {Da Prato, G. and Malliavin, P. and Nualart, D.},
title = {Compact families of Wiener functionals},
journal = {C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris},
year = {1992},
OPTkey = {•},
volume = {315},
number = {S\'{e}rie I},
pages = {1287--1291},
OPTmonth = {•},
OPTnote = {•},
OPTannote = {•}
}
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