Incompability of backref with biblatex

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Running the following

\documentclass{scrbook}
\usepackage[natbib=true,style=ieee]{biblatex}
\usepackage[backref=page]{hyperref}
\addbibresource{sample.bib}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Chap 1}
Some text\cite{greenwade93}.
\printbibliography
\end{document}

Gives me the error:

See the biblatex package documentation for explanation. Type H for immediate help. ...

l.8 \begin{document} The 'backref' package and biblatex are incompatible.

What is the right way to use backref? I also tried \usepackage[pagebackref]{hyperref} and got a similar error. I don't get what is not compatible with it.

biblatex offers its own back referencing mechanism. You could try adding backref=true to its package options. — leandriis, Jul 25 '21 at 17:48
@leandriis that works, any idea on how to change the way the backref is formatted in the bibliography? — Mauricio, Jul 25 '21 at 17:54
Depends on what part you want to alter specifically. Some options are listed starting on page 52 of the manual. — leandriis, Jul 25 '21 at 17:57

Mauricio · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-25T18:11:08.693

I was to quick to post this question but the answer is relatively simple (see comments). Biblatex has its own way to do it:

\documentclass{scrbook}
\usepackage[natbib=true,style=ieee,backref=true]{biblatex}%<--- add here
\usepackage{hyperref}%<---- instead of here
\addbibresource{sample.bib}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Chap 1}
Some text\cite{greenwade93}.
\printbibliography
\end{document}

One can also add

\DefineBibliographyStrings{english}{
  backrefpage={Cited on page},
  backrefpages={Cited on pages}
}

to replace "Cit. on pp" by another string.

Incompability of backref with biblatex

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