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citations inside a caption of a figure don't follow the order of appearance in the document. I used this in the preamble

    \usepackage[square,numbers]{natbib}
    \bibliographystyle{unsrtnat}

and this when I included the figure

     \begin{figure}[h]
      \centering
      \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]  
      {images/Fluid_distrubution_and_wettability}
     \caption{Wettability and fluid distribution at pore level
     \protect\cite{Crain68:online}}.
     \label{fig:wett.fluid.dist}
    \end{figure}

But then I get for example Figure 2.2, caption here [1] even though I have already many citations before the figure. But if I put this code in other areas of the document, citations are exactly according to the order they appeared in the document.

Stefan Pinnow
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Gora
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  • \usepackage{notoccite}% PREVENTS CITES IN CAPTIONS FROM MISNUMBERING YOUR REFERENCES The problem arises because the caption citation shows up in the list of figures/tables, which, unless intercepted, gets incorporated into the citation order. The notoccite package does the interception for you. – Steven B. Segletes Apr 05 '16 at 10:43

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[converting my comment to an answer...]

The problem arises because the caption citation shows up in the list of figures/tables. Any citations in those "list-of-xxx" captions, unless intercepted, get incorporated into the citation order. The notoccite package does the interception for you.

\usepackage{notoccite}% PREVENTS CITES IN CAPTIONS FROM MISNUMBERING YOUR REFERENCES
Steven B. Segletes
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