I'm using the natbib package in Latex with the \bibliographystyle{apalike}. I'm getting errors from my citations and it's due to how I'm listing the authors. The error I'm getting is "Too many commas in name 1 of…" with any citation with three or more authors causing problems.
In my author list, I am separating all authors using the "\&" command. The .bbl file looks like (for one that is causing problems):
\bibitem[Chella, 2012]{Chella2012}
**Chella, M. A. \&~Torum, A. . M.~D. (2012).**
\newblock An overview of wave impact forces on offshore wind turbine
substructures.
\newblock {\em Energy Procedia}, 20:217--226.
How would I enter all of the author names without causing this problem? The second line seems to be causing the problem. (With stars on it)
Second question: I want to have the citations appear as [Last name, year]. I thought I needed to use \citep{} for this but it still just brings up the number. Any ideas on what I need to include in my \usepackage[?]{natbib} call? Assuming this is where the problem is.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Best Answer
The correct entry in the bib file should be
Note that the keyword
and
separates different authors; the bib style will split the field into components and output them in the correct way.