[Tex/LaTex] Jabref won’t save files as .BST and LyX doesn’t recognize .BIB

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I'm having trouble with pushing a saved bibliography from Jabref to LyX, because Jabref doesn't have an option to save as a .bst file , and LyX doesn't want to recognize any other format than .bst (he does not recognize .bib files).

What should I do?

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As comments mention, a bibliography database should be a .bib file, so you shouldn't do anything else. A .bst file is a bibliography style file, that defines the formatting of the bibliography.

To add a bibliography database to a LyX document, after having done Insert --> List/ToC --> BibTeX Bibliography, click the Add button in the top right of window, then Browse in the new window that pops up, and locate your .bib file.

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From within LyX File->Export->as LaTeX. It makes sense to export it into the current directory of the LyX file. Then run the file from the terminal window:

pdflatex <file>
bibtex <file>
pdflatex <file>
pdflatex <file>

This is what LyX does for you if running the LyX doc. That should create the files .pdf and also .bbl

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The style of the references is not much depending on the data in the .bib file (or a program like JabRef). The main factor is the chosen bibliography style of your document. It determines which fields are shown.

Suggestions to improve the looks:

If URLs occur in your document (e.g. in the references) you can add
```
\usepackage{url}
```
to the preamble (in LyX Document > Settings... > LaTeX Preamble). Then long URLs like in your second reference will have a proper line break. Not necessary if package "hyperref" is used, see Forcing linebreaks in \url.
If "extra spaces that look unprofessional" refer to the line breaks after every field in the references then removing the document option openbib helps (in LyX Document > Settings... > Document Class); see Natbib puts reference data one line per item or Custom references page with additional line breaks.
Of course, a bibliography style different from "plainnat" can be choosen in LyX by a right click on "BibTeX Generated Bibliography" and then "Settings...".
Nevertheless, a little edit of your .bib file (with JabRef) could be done:
- The URL of "ADRIAN2008" should be cleared since it replicates the DOI entry. (In JabRef, an clickable icon with hyperlink is shown for a non-empty URL field. If the URL field is empty but not the DOI field then still a clickable icon is shown. It provides the hyperlink http://dx.doi.org/<DOI field value> automatically.)
- Dashes: - vs. – vs. —: pages = {1191-1239} should be pages = {1191--1239} for the right length of the dash.
- doi = {doi:10.1093/rfs/hhj035} should be doi = {10.1093/rfs/hhj035}.

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