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I'd like to use authoryear-comp for my bibliography. However, I'd like to suppress underlining the journal title that seems to be set default.

Also, I got the problem that a line break is not inserted into the journal title, so that the title extends beyond the border. Is there a way to change this?

Here is an MWE:

\documentclass[12pt]{scrbook}
\usepackage[style=authoryear-comp, maxnames=1, doi=false, url=false, backend=bibtex8]{biblatex}
\bibliography{LitThesis}

\begin{document}
Here is my reference \parencite{Hummelen1997}.

\printbibliography

\end{document}

Bibtex code:

@ARTICLE{Hummelen1997,
author = {the author},
title = {the title},
journal = {Chemistry},
year = {1997},
volume = {3},
pages = {1489--1493},
number = {9},
month = {09}
}

So concerning the problem with the month I tried to do the following:

\usepackage[style=authoryear-comp, maxnames=1, doi=false, url=false, month=false, backend=bibtex8]{biblatex}

But I get an error because "month" is not recognized as a value. Is there a way to suppress showing the month in the bibliography?

Anja
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  • Welcome to tex.sx! You don't have to sign with your name since it automatically appears in the lower right corner of your post. – Joseph Wright May 06 '11 at 09:56
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    @Anja: It sounds as if you are loading a package which redefined \emph to underline. Please add a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem. – Joseph Wright May 06 '11 at 09:57
  • You can try \DeclareFieldFormat[article]{title}{#1\isdot} but an example might be needed. I hav not used this style in a while but I don't remember anything beeing underlined – Martin H May 06 '11 at 09:57
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    @ Joseph: While creating an MWE I noticed that indeed I had the ulem-package that was causing this problem. Upon removal of the package both problems were solved. Thank you! – Anja May 06 '11 at 10:08
  • Just one more question - how can I suppress the month in the bibliographye? "month = false" seems not to work (it gives me an error). – Anja May 06 '11 at 10:10
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    @Anja: You can load the package ulem with the option normalem – Marco Daniel May 06 '11 at 10:47
  • @Anja: Please make a minimal example. See the comment of Joseph – Marco Daniel May 06 '11 at 11:00
  • @ Marco: Thanks for the advice with ulem! Concerning the month, I added an MWE. – Anja May 06 '11 at 12:16
  • @Anja: That would be better as a separate question, which Thorsten can then answer. (The idea on the site is that each question should be independent.) – Joseph Wright May 06 '11 at 12:33
  • @Joseph: I am sorry, I didn't know that as I'm new here. I guess there is no point now to open a new question, but I'll keep that in mind for the future! – Anja May 10 '11 at 09:47
  • This is long past, but I found microtype also modifies working of biblatex/biber. I had a journal title that started in the right margin. There is probably an option in microtype to make sure that it does not do that, but at this stage I dont't have the time to search for that. – Louis Mar 11 '14 at 23:00

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How to hide month in the bibliography:

\documentclass[12pt]{scrbook}
\usepackage[style=authoryear-comp, maxnames=1, doi=false, url=false, backend=bibtex8]{biblatex}
\bibliography{LitThesis}
\AtEveryBibitem{%
  \clearfield{month}%
}
\begin{document}
Here is my reference \parencite{Hummelen1997}.

\printbibliography

\end{document}
Thorsten
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To suppress underlining the journal title (and allow line breaks):

\makeatletter
\long\def\emph#1{\ifmmode\nfss@text{\em #1}\else\hmode@bgroup\text@command{#1}\em\check@icl #1\check@icr\expandafter\egroup\fi}
\makeatother

You may check this post for \emph redefinition in beamer.

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csnemes
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    Welcome to TeX.SX! Perhaps you can extend your answer by providing a complete minimal working example to the OP. – Claudio Fiandrino Mar 13 '14 at 10:16
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    Well this works for me, thanks! But is there no easier solution for this? For example a package option would be nice. Why is biber underlining the journal title by standard? – tc88 Jul 30 '15 at 14:32
  • @tc88: Afaik, biber is not underlining the journal title, rather biber is using \emph{...}. But the ulem package apparently defines \emph to be underline; passing the normalem option when loading ulem (as suggested by Marco Daniel in a comment up higher) prevents this, and is an easier and cleaner solution. – Mike Maxwell Oct 20 '17 at 16:58
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Although the MWE in the question does not show it, the comments indicate that in the real document the ulem package was used. This causes underlining of text that is displayed with \emph, which is used for journal titles. To prevent underlining the following package option can be used:

\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
Marijn
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