From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of 
Wolfgang Engelmann
Sent: torsdag 27. oktober 2016 16.35
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: Appearance of bibliography references in LyX




On 27.10.2016 16:19, Benedict Holland wrote:
My guess is that would be the cause. Since you do not have a common (in a 
typical citation style of last_name, first and first_name last_name and 
first_name last_name), I believe it would treat "Rana A. Find AND Frank J." as 
the first name and Millero as the last name. Also, this isn't a lyx issue. You 
are probably using biber and biber processes bib files a bit differently.
~Ben

On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Bernt Lie 
<bernt....@hit.no<mailto:bernt....@hit.no>> wrote:


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[mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org<mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>] On Behalf Of 
Wolfgang Engelmann
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Subject: Re: Appearance of bibliography references in LyX




On 27.10.2016 13:33, Bernt Lie wrote:

I use LyX 2.2.1 (I assume that it is safe to upgrade to 2.2.2, but I haven’t 
done it yet) under Windows 10.



I’m somewhat puzzled by the way bibliography references appear in LyX. I use 
JabRef for handling BibTeX files, to define labels to references, etc. Here is 
one example:



[cid:image001.png@01D23074.56483CC0]



(taken from LyX; “Fine1975” is my chosen label – actually, automatically 
defined by BibTeX...)



HOWEVER, in the LyX document, this reference appears as:



[cid:image002.png@01D23074.56483CC0] or [cid:image003.png@01D23074.56483CC0]



Why? Here is the full reference (from LyX):



[cid:image004.png@01D23074.56483CC0]



As seen, JabRef creates a key based on the first author, while LyX tends to 
insert the last author name in the preview.



But.... WHY? To me, it seems more logical to use the name appearing in the 
lable – that would make it easier to read the preview and check the 
author/reference.



OK – I *realize* that the label doesn’t necessarily have to be an author name. 
But in my experience, the *first* author is often the principal author, and 
perhaps he/she should be given credit for that in the preview... (The last 
author is often a supervisor and corresponding author, though).



What is the thinking behind this?



Thanks for clarification. Useful to know the answer, because it may influence 
my choice of label...



-B
> Could it be that your AND (Capitals) between the authors instead of and is 
> the cause? Just a thought Wolfgang

I can check this, but the bibliography list itself looks fine...

-B
> I just tried it out in Jabref. Inserting AND (instead of and) does not make a 
> difference. So the cause must be something else. Wolfgang

Thanks, Wolfgang. Hm... what else could it be?

-B

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