[Tex/LaTex] How to cite it properly

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What is the correct way to cite the following:

[2, and the references therein] [see also 13,15,33]

Should there be a comma after see also? And what is the command to produce it?

Best Answer

The package natbib redefines the \citecommand with optional arguments that do exactly what you are asking for. Here is an example:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{filecontents}
\usepackage[numbers]{natbib}

\begin{filecontents}{biblio.bib}
@article{Author2012,
    Author = {Author, A},
    Title = {Article},
    Year = {2012}}
\end{filecontents}


\begin{document}

\cite{Author2012}

\cite[e.g.]{Author2012}

\cite[see][]{Author2012}

\cite[and references therein]{Author2012}

\cite[see][and references therein]{Author2012}

\bibliographystyle{plainnat}
\bibliography{biblio}

\end{document}

The output looks like this:

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If you prefer author-year citation style, you can remove the [numbers] option when loading the package, and you can replace the square brackets by round brackets with the option [round].

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