[Tex/LaTex] Multiple citations with individual page numbers using apacite

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Problem:

Trying to cite two authors with each individual page numbers using the package apacite.

(1) I tried the following:

\cite[~p. 15-22]{atkin14} \cite[~p. 282]{rub14}

(1) Outputs:

(Atkinson & Fitzgerald, 2014, p. 15-22)(Rubin, 2014, p. 282)

(2) I also tried:

\cite[~p. 15-22, ~p. 282]{atkin14, rub14}

(2) Outputs:

(Atkinson & Fitzgerald, 2014; Rubin, 2014, p. 15-22, p. 282)

Desired outcome:

(Atkinson & Fitzgerald, 2014, p. 15-22; Rubin, 2014, p. 282)

Minimal working example below:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{apacite}
\usepackage{filecontents}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{rub14,
   author = {Rubin, Jared},
   title = {Printing and protestants: an empirical test of the role of printing in the Reformation},
   journal = {Review of Economics and Statistics},
   volume = {96},
   number = {2},
   pages = {270-286},
   year = {2014},
   type = {}
}

@book{atkin14,
   author = {Atkinson, Benedict  and Fitzgerald, Brian},
   title = {A short history of copyright: the genie of information},
   publisher = {Springer},
   address = {Cham},
   pages = {15-22},
   year = {2014},
   type = {}
}
\end{filecontents}

\begin{document}

\noindent One among many examples is the breakup of Europe's religious unity during the Protestant Reformation \cite[~p. 15--22, ~p. 282]{atkin14, rub14}.

\bibliographystyle{apacite}
\bibliography{\jobname}

\end{document}

Best Answer

Since the page-related references are specific to each entry, you can't use a single \cite command -- unless you want to risk confusing your readers...

Use the instruction 

(\citeNP[pp.~15--22]{atkin14}; \citeNP[p.~282]{rub14})

to create two separate citation call-outs separated by a semicolon and encased in a single pair of round parentheses. The NP in \citeNP stands for "no parentheses".

By the way, you should apply care not to let BibTex lowercase the words Protestants and Reformation. Just encase the words in curly braces to inform BibTeX that they mustn't be converted to protestants and reformation.

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{apacite}
\bibliographystyle{apacite}

\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{rub14,
   author = {Rubin, Jared},
   title = {Printing and {Protestants}: An empirical test of the role of printing in the {Reformation}},
   journal = {Review of Economics and Statistics},
   volume = {96},
   number = {2},
   pages = {270--286},
   year = {2014},
}

@book{atkin14,
   author = {Atkinson, Benedict and Fitzgerald, Brian},
   title = {A Short History of Copyright: The Genie of Information},
   publisher = {Springer},
   address = {Cham},
   year = {2014},
}
\end{filecontents}

\begin{document}
\noindent
(\citeNP[pp.~15--22]{atkin14}; \citeNP[p.~282]{rub14})

\bibliography{\jobname}
\end{document}
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