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Problem:

Trying to cite two authors with each individual page numbers using the package apacite.

(1) I tried the following:

\cite[~p. 15-22]{atkin14} \cite[~p. 282]{rub14}

(1) Outputs:

(Atkinson & Fitzgerald, 2014, p. 15-22)(Rubin, 2014, p. 282)

(2) I also tried:

\cite[~p. 15-22, ~p. 282]{atkin14, rub14}

(2) Outputs:

(Atkinson & Fitzgerald, 2014; Rubin, 2014, p. 15-22, p. 282)

Desired outcome:

(Atkinson & Fitzgerald, 2014, p. 15-22; Rubin, 2014, p. 282)

Minimal working example below:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{apacite}
\usepackage{filecontents}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{rub14,
   author = {Rubin, Jared},
   title = {Printing and protestants: an empirical test of the role of printing in the Reformation},
   journal = {Review of Economics and Statistics},
   volume = {96},
   number = {2},
   pages = {270-286},
   year = {2014},
   type = {}
}

@book{atkin14,
   author = {Atkinson, Benedict  and Fitzgerald, Brian},
   title = {A short history of copyright: the genie of information},
   publisher = {Springer},
   address = {Cham},
   pages = {15-22},
   year = {2014},
   type = {}
}
\end{filecontents}

\begin{document}

\noindent One among many examples is the breakup of Europe's religious unity during the Protestant Reformation \cite[~p. 15--22, ~p. 282]{atkin14, rub14}.

\bibliographystyle{apacite}
\bibliography{\jobname}

\end{document}
kexxcream
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  • Please post not just some code snippets but a Minimum Working Example (MWE) that gives rise to the issue you're looking to fix. It's really important to know which packages you load, and which options you use when loading various packages. E.g., do you load the apacite package with the option natbibapa? By the way, the form of the augmented citation command should almost certainly be \cite[p.~15--22]{atkin14} rather than \cite[~p. 15-22]{atkin14}. – Mico Feb 07 '15 at 17:10
  • @Mico Added as requested. – kexxcream Feb 07 '15 at 17:32
  • I believe this answer solves this issue: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/537201/34551 – Clément Apr 26 '21 at 15:00

1 Answers1

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Since the page-related references are specific to each entry, you can't use a single \cite command -- unless you want to risk confusing your readers...

Use the instruction 

(\citeNP[pp.~15--22]{atkin14}; \citeNP[p.~282]{rub14})

to create two separate citation call-outs separated by a semicolon and encased in a single pair of round parentheses. The NP in \citeNP stands for "no parentheses".

By the way, you should apply care not to let BibTex lowercase the words Protestants and Reformation. Just encase the words in curly braces to inform BibTeX that they mustn't be converted to protestants and reformation.

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{apacite}
\bibliographystyle{apacite}

\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{rub14,
   author = {Rubin, Jared},
   title = {Printing and {Protestants}: An empirical test of the role of printing in the {Reformation}},
   journal = {Review of Economics and Statistics},
   volume = {96},
   number = {2},
   pages = {270--286},
   year = {2014},
}

@book{atkin14,
   author = {Atkinson, Benedict and Fitzgerald, Brian},
   title = {A Short History of Copyright: The Genie of Information},
   publisher = {Springer},
   address = {Cham},
   year = {2014},
}
\end{filecontents}

\begin{document}
\noindent
(\citeNP[pp.~15--22]{atkin14}; \citeNP[p.~282]{rub14})

\bibliography{\jobname}
\end{document}
Mico
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  • When I use your example and apply the \citeA command it raises the error "Undefined control sequence". What's the reason behind this? – kexxcream Feb 07 '15 at 18:01
  • @kexxcream - The option natbibapa instructs apacite to define natbib-style citation macros. I'll revise the answer so that you can keep working with \citeA, etc. – Mico Feb 07 '15 at 18:07
  • Highly appreciated, and thanks for bringing it to my attention to include MWE. Will consider this carefully for the next post. – kexxcream Feb 07 '15 at 18:16