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I have been trying to cite a figure but the citation appears in my list of figure which creating a huge mess in reference number like the reference starts from 4 or 5 as up to 3 citation numbers are already given to the list of figures. How can I add² citation so that it dooes not appear in the list of figures

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Bernard
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Ahmer Ali Khan
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    Welcome to TeX.SE! What do you mean exactly with 'citing a figure'? It would be helpful if you can write a small example document that shows the behavior that you ask about, and add the code for this document in your question. Maybe also https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/11579/short-captions-for-figures-in-listoffigures is related. – Marijn Sep 22 '19 at 17:47
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    Probably \caption[short text for lof]{long text including \cite{...}} helps. – leandriis Sep 22 '19 at 17:57
  • By Citing a figure I mean Adding bibliography to a figure that I have taken from someone else – Ahmer Ali Khan Sep 22 '19 at 17:59
  • \begin{figure}[t]

    {\includegraphics[width=2.5in] \includegraphics[scale=0.6]{Small.png} \cite{list}
    \end{figure}

     – Ahmer Ali Khan Sep 22 '19 at 18:13

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My original answer was incorrect as pointed out by @leandriis. I have changed the answer to reflect @leandriis comment.

Use the optional argument to \caption

\caption[hydro power potential]{\cite{...} hydro power potential}

If the optional argument is given then this is what appears in the LoF but not in the caption. The required argument always appears in the document itself.

Peter Wilson
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  • Sorry, but this is definitely the other way around. The optional argument of the \caption command, if given, is used for the entry in the list of figures while the mandatory argument is used in the text itself. See: `\documentclass{article}

    \begin{document} \listoffigures

    \begin{figure} \caption[short text]{long caption text} \end{figure} \end{document}`.

     – leandriis Sep 22 '19 at 18:15
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    @leandriis Thank you for the correction. I have edited my answer with acknowledgements to you. – Peter Wilson Sep 22 '19 at 19:05