bibliographiesnumbering
I am currently using the usual field \begin{thebibliography} for my references at the end of my scientific papers.
The numbers of the citations go from [1] to [19], as usual.
I would like to change this. I would like that the starting number were [9], to [27], for the citations.
How could I do?
You can use balance package. Put
\usepackage{balance}
in the preamble. Then, somewhere in the first column of the last page, put
\balance
Following is a screen shot from the manual of balance package.
Disclaimer: This solution may work depending on your class and bibliography style or (worst) may not work. To have an accurate answer, pl provide a MWE.
\setcounter{enumiv}{9} would work if the the \thebibliography wouldn't apply \usecounter{enumiv} which in turn resets the enumiv counter.
From article.cls
\newenvironment{thebibliography}[1]
{\section*{\refname}%
\@mkboth{\MakeUppercase\refname}{\MakeUppercase\refname}%
\list{\@biblabel{\@arabic\c@enumiv}}%
{\settowidth\labelwidth{\@biblabel{#1}}%
\leftmargin\labelwidth
\advance\leftmargin\labelsep
\@openbib@code
\usecounter{enumiv}% This is the 'culprit'!!!!!
\let\p@enumiv\@empty
\renewcommand\theenumiv{\@arabic\c@enumiv}}%
\sloppy
\clubpenalty4000
\@clubpenalty \clubpenalty
\widowpenalty4000%
\sfcode`\.\@m}
{\def\@noitemerr
{\@latex@warning{Empty `thebibliography' environment}}%
\endlist}
and from latex.ltx
\def\usecounter#1{\@nmbrlisttrue\def\@listctr{#1}\setcounter{#1}\z@}
i.e. \setcounter{#1}{0} effectively.
The following code uses a dummy counter mybibstartvalue and sets the enumiv counter after \usecounter{enumiv} using a patch.
However, this code is only meant for article.cls.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\newcounter{mybibstartvalue}
\setcounter{mybibstartvalue}{9}
\xpatchcmd{\thebibliography}{%
\usecounter{enumiv}%
}{%
\usecounter{enumiv}%
\setcounter{enumiv}{\value{mybibstartvalue}}%
}{}{}
\begin{document}
\cite{Lam94}
\cite{GSM97}
\bibliography{biblio}
\bibliographystyle{unsrt}
\end{document}
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