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I cite elements from my bibfile using \citet{key}. The reference appears as "Name1, and Name2 (year)" in text where year is a link leading to the bibliography. Now, I want to cite two papers from the same authors from different years. Instead of

Model XYZ is analyzed by Name1, and Name2 (2019) and Name1, and Name2 (2020).

I'd prefer to have something like

Model XYZ is analyzed by Name1, and Name2 (2019, 2020).

Of course, now 2019 should be a link to the 2019 paper in the bibliography and 2020 a link to the 2020 paper in the bibliography. Any ideas of I could adjust the \citet command?

I use biblatex as follows.

\usepackage[style=ext-authoryear, 
            sorting=nyt,
            backend=biber, 
            natbib=true,             
            uniquename = false, 
            uniquelist = false,
            firstinits=false, 
            hyperref=true,
            dashed=false,
            backref=false, 
            maxbibnames=99, 
            maxcitenames=3,
            isbn=false, 
            doi=false]{biblatex}
moewe
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Alex
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  • Welcome to TeX.SE! – Zarko Mar 26 '20 at 21:13
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    Not immediately relevant for you question, but with style=ext-authoryear, (and also with style=ext-authoryear-comp,) sorting=nyt, is already the default, so there is no need to give the option again. The option firstinits=false, was renamed to giveninits=false, a while ago, it is recommended to use the new name. For (almost?) all intents and purposes the option hyperref=true, is no better than the default hyperref=auto,, the only difference is a warning if you don't load the hyperref package. I suggest you drop the hyperref=true,. – moewe Mar 26 '20 at 21:17
  • @moewe Thank you very much for the hints. I incorporated all of them :) – Alex Mar 26 '20 at 22:57

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You are looking for a -comp version of the style you are currently using. -comp styles compress multiple citation labels by the same authors to avoid duplication of names.

Luckily both the standard styles and biblatex-ext offer a -comp version of the author-year style.

Replace

style=ext-authoryear,

with

style=ext-authoryear-comp,

For example

\documentclass[british]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}

\usepackage[style=ext-authoryear-comp, backend=biber]{biblatex}

\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}

\begin{document}
\textcite{knuth:ct:a,knuth:ct:b}
\end{document}

Knuth (1984, 1986)

moewe
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    I can't upvote your answer (lack of reputation) but you'd deserve 10 upvotes. It works perfectly. Thank you so much! – Alex Mar 26 '20 at 22:57