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I would like to change the naming of some references and perhaps gain an understanding on how bibtex orders references.

These are my references

@article{nitaj06a,
  author    = {Abderrahmane Nitaj},
  title     = {Cryptanalysis of {RSA} with constrained keys},
  journal   = {IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive},
  volume    = {2006},
  year      = {2006},
  pages     = {92},
  ee        = {http://eprint.iacr.org/2006/092},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}
@article{nitaj06b,
  author    = {Abderrahmane Nitaj},
  title     = {Application of {ECM} to a {C}lass of {RSA} keys},
  journal   = {IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive},
  volume    = {2006},
  year      = {2006},
  pages     = {235},
  ee        = {http://eprint.iacr.org/2006/235},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}
@article{nitaj06c,
  author    = {Abderrahmane Nitaj},
  title     = {{RSA} and a higher degree {D}iophantine {E}quation},
  journal   = {IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive},
  volume    = {2006},
  year      = {2006},
  pages     = {93},
  ee        = {http://eprint.iacr.org/2006/093},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

In the document produced by latex, nitaj06a, nitaj06b, nitaj06c are named as [Nit06b], [Nit06a], [Nit06c] respectively.

Is there a way to change the naming such that the referencing would correspond to nitaj06a, nitaj06b, nitaj06c for [Nit06a], [Nit06b], [Nit06c] respectively?

P.S. I think the alphabetical ordering of the title has something to do with this.

BlackAdder
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  • You can use the key field to tell bibtex how to sort an entry. Is that what you mean? – cfr Feb 21 '14 at 01:29
  • Hi @cfr, I think that is what I'm looking for. Can you spell it out in the answer? Cheers! – BlackAdder Feb 21 '14 at 01:34
  • Sorry, I think it only works when you don't have author information. You could do this with biblatex if that's a possibility. – cfr Feb 21 '14 at 01:44
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    The .bst usually follows 'rules' for sorting for a reason; if the rule is 'alphabetical by title when author and year are the same', I recommend you stick with it. However, I recently answered a similar question that might prove helpful here. – jon Feb 21 '14 at 02:27

2 Answers2

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If biblatex is an option, you can specify the sortname explicitly:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{some.bib}
@article{nitaj06a,
  author    = {Abderrahmane Nitaj},
  title     = {Cryptanalysis of {RSA} with constrained keys},
  journal   = {IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive},
  volume    = {2006},
  year      = {2006},
  pages     = {92},
  ee        = {http://eprint.iacr.org/2006/092},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de},
  sortname      =   {nitaj06a}
}
@article{nitaj06b,
  author    = {Abderrahmane Nitaj},
  title     = {Application of {ECM} to a {C}lass of {RSA} keys},
  journal   = {IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive},
  volume    = {2006},
  year      = {2006},
  pages     = {235},
  ee        = {http://eprint.iacr.org/2006/235},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de},
  sortname      =   {nitaj06b}
}
@article{nitaj06c,
  author    = {Abderrahmane Nitaj},
  title     = {{RSA} and a higher degree {D}iophantine {E}quation},
  journal   = {IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive},
  volume    = {2006},
  year      = {2006},
  pages     = {93},
  ee        = {http://eprint.iacr.org/2006/093},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de},
  sortname      =   {nitaj06c}
}
\end{filecontents}
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=alphabetic]{biblatex}
\bibliography{some}

\begin{document}
\nocite{*}

\printbibliography
\end{document}

Reference with <code>biblatex</code>

cfr
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Citations can appear in the order you referenced them or in alphabetical order. See the natbib options here.

Alternatively, you can use the alpha bibliography style, or one of others listed on the same wikibooks page or here.

jazzwhiz
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