I've been able to answer my own question using various hacks I found on tex.sx. As @PLK pointed out, there appears to be a compatibility issue with polyglossia and Biblatex, but among all the styles I tried this issue is only visible with the APA style. So I am using authoryear-comp instead that suits the requirements I stated. This might be useful for anyone wanting a simple, apalike style, particularly when using Mendeley.
- Citations: cite: year in parentheses or citep: Author-Year separated by coma) ->
\let\citealp\cite
\let\cite\textcite
- If using hyperlink, creating link for the full citation and not just the year. -> Answer from @Audrey, see MWE below.
Use of et al. when more than 2 authors. -> maxcitenames=2
Bibliography: Only initials for first/middle name. -> giveninits=true, uniquename=init
Last name, First name -> \DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{family-given}
- Never use et al. ->
maxbibnames=99
- Only show year, even when month is specified ->
\AtEveryBibitem{%
\clearfield{month}{}% \clearlist{language}{}% } (also omits the language field)
- Never show URL (retrieved from...) ->
url=false, doi=false, isbn=false, eprint=false
- Issue in parentheses, next to volume -> see MWE below.
There are also some other tweaks in the MWE below, such as using "cited" instead of "cit." for backrefs, removing "in:" for articles, increasing vertical space for bib items.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{%
colorlinks=true,
citecolor=blue}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setmainlanguage[variant=british]{english}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\PassOptionsToPackage{
natbib=true,
style=authoryear-comp,
hyperref=true,
backend=biber,
maxbibnames=99,
giveninits=true,
uniquename=init,
maxcitenames=2,
parentracker=true,
url=false,
doi=false,
isbn=false,
eprint=false,
backref=true,
} {biblatex}
\usepackage{biblatex}
\DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{family-given}
% remove "in:" from articles. Thanks to Herbert.
\renewbibmacro{in:}{%
\ifentrytype{article}{}{%
\printtext{\bibstring{in}\intitlepunct}}}
% mit "month" and "language" from Bibliography
\AtEveryBibitem{%
\clearfield{month}{}%
\clearlist{language}{}%
}
% some natbib backwards compatibility
\let\citealp\cite
\let\cite\textcite
% increase vertical space between bibliography items.
\setlength\bibitemsep{0.5ex}
\setlength\bibnamesep{1.2ex}
% Comma before and after journal volume. Thanks to lockstep.
\renewbibmacro*{volume+number+eid}{%
\setunit*{\addcomma\space}% NEW
\printfield{volume}%
\printfield{number}%
\printfield{eid}}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{number}{(#1)}% number of a journal
% Citation Hyperlinks (not just years), thanks to Audrey.
\makeatletter
\renewbibmacro*{cite}{% Based on cite bib macro from authoryear-comp.cbx
\iffieldundef{shorthand}
{\ifthenelse{\ifnameundef{labelname}\OR\iffieldundef{labelyear}}
{\printtext[bibhyperref]{% Include labelname in hyperlink
\DeclareFieldAlias{bibhyperref}{default}% Prevent nested hyperlinks
\usebibmacro{cite:label}%
\setunit{\addspace}%
\usebibmacro{cite:labelyear+extrayear}}%
\usebibmacro{cite:reinit}}
{\iffieldequals{namehash}{\cbx@lasthash}
{\ifthenelse{\iffieldequals{labelyear}{\cbx@lastyear}\AND
\(\value{multicitecount}=0\OR\iffieldundef{postnote}\)}
{\setunit{\addcomma}%
\usebibmacro{cite:extrayear}}
{\setunit{\compcitedelim}%
\usebibmacro{cite:labelyear+extrayear}%
\savefield{labelyear}{\cbx@lastyear}}}
{\printtext[bibhyperref]{% Include labelname in hyperlink
\DeclareFieldAlias{bibhyperref}{default}% Prevent nested hyperlinks
\printnames{labelname}%
\setunit{\nameyeardelim}%
\usebibmacro{cite:labelyear+extrayear}}%
\savefield{namehash}{\cbx@lasthash}%
\savefield{labelyear}{\cbx@lastyear}}}}
{\usebibmacro{cite:shorthand}%
\usebibmacro{cite:reinit}}%
\setunit{\multicitedelim}}
\renewbibmacro*{textcite}{% Based on textcite bib macro from authoryear-comp.cbx
\iffieldequals{namehash}{\cbx@lasthash}
{\iffieldundef{shorthand}
{\ifthenelse{\iffieldequals{labelyear}{\cbx@lastyear}\AND
\(\value{multicitecount}=0\OR\iffieldundef{postnote}\)}
{\setunit{\addcomma}%
\usebibmacro{cite:extrayear}}
{\setunit{\compcitedelim}%
\usebibmacro{cite:labelyear+extrayear}%
\savefield{labelyear}{\cbx@lastyear}}}
{\setunit{\compcitedelim}%
\usebibmacro{cite:shorthand}%
\global\undef\cbx@lastyear}}
{\ifnameundef{labelname}
{\printtext[bibhyperref]{% Include labelname in hyperlink
\DeclareFieldAlias{bibhyperref}{default}% Prevent nested hyperlinks
\iffieldundef{shorthand}
{\usebibmacro{cite:label}%
\setunit{%
\global\booltrue{cbx:parens}%
\addspace\bibopenparen}%
\ifnumequal{\value{citecount}}{1}
{\usebibmacro{prenote}}
{}%
\usebibmacro{cite:labelyear+extrayear}}
{\usebibmacro{cite:shorthand}}%
\ifthenelse{\iffieldundef{postnote}\AND
\(\value{multicitetotal}=0\AND\value{citetotal}=1\)}
{\bibcloseparen% Include closing parenthesis in hyperlink
\global\boolfalse{cbx:parens}}
{}}}
{\printtext[bibhyperref]{% Include labelname in hyperlink
\DeclareFieldAlias{bibhyperref}{default}% Prevent nested hyperlinks
\printnames{labelname}%
\setunit{%
\global\booltrue{cbx:parens}%
\addspace\bibopenparen}%
\ifnumequal{\value{citecount}}{1}
{\usebibmacro{prenote}}
{}%
\iffieldundef{shorthand}
{\iffieldundef{labelyear}
{\usebibmacro{cite:label}}
{\usebibmacro{cite:labelyear+extrayear}}%
\savefield{labelyear}{\cbx@lastyear}}
{\usebibmacro{cite:shorthand}%
\global\undef\cbx@lastyear}%
\ifthenelse{\iffieldundef{postnote}\AND
\(\value{multicitetotal}=0\AND\value{citetotal}=1\)}
{\bibcloseparen% Include closing parenthesis in hyperlink
\global\boolfalse{cbx:parens}}
{}}%
\savefield{namehash}{\cbx@lasthash}}}%
\setunit{%
\ifbool{cbx:parens}
{\bibcloseparen\global\boolfalse{cbx:parens}}
{}%
\multicitedelim}}
\makeatother
% Backrefs "cited" instead of "cit"
\DefineBibliographyStrings{english}{%
backrefpage={cited on p\adddot},
backrefpages={cited on pp\adddot}
}
\addbibresource{bib.bib}
\begin{document}
Finally, as written by \cite{Attanasio2010}, my Bibliography is cool \citep{Galindo2002}. Furthermore (see, for example, \citealp{Attanasio2010}) there are some cool tweaks.
\printbibliography
\end{document}
You could try using the apalike style instead:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{tbib.bib}
@article{fulton_religious_1999,
title = {Religious orientation, antihomosexual sentiment, and fundamentalism among Christians},
volume = {38},
issn = {0021-8294},
doi = {10.2307/1387580},
number = {1},
journal = {Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion},
author = {Fulton, Aubyn S. and Gorsuch, Richard L. and Maynard, Elizabeth A.},
month = mar,
year = {1999},
keywords = {Homosexuality {(Attitudes} Toward), Religious Beliefs, Religious Fundamentalism, religious orientation \& Fundamentalism \& antihomosexual sentiment, 18–24 yr olds},
pages = {14--35},
}
\end{filecontents}
\begin{document}
\cite{fulton_religious_1999}
\bibliographystyle{apalike}
\bibliography{tbib}
\end{document}
Best Answer
The citation keys are case sensitive. Fixing them in all section of the document removed the error message. The 'I couldn't open file..' was like David Carlisle and Andrew Swann said due to using apastyle instead of apacite.