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I'm a little bit stuck in my attempts to change the format of my journal articles in my biblatex biography.

What i have so far:

Smith, A. and Smith, J. (2006). Article title. Journal title 29.2, pp. 1-43.

What is the goal:

Smith, A. and Smith, J. (2006). Article title. Journal title, 29(2): 1-43.

and (if there is no issue defined):

Smith, A. and Smith, J. (2006). Article title. Journal title, 29: 1-43.

Here is my MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=authoryear,maxcitenames=2,maxbibnames=50,firstinits=true,uniquelist=false,uniquename=init,isbn=false,doi=false,useprefix=true]{biblatex}
\DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{last-first}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{title}{#1} 
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{journaltitle}{#1} 
\DeclareFieldFormat[book]{title}{#1} 
\renewbibmacro{in:}{%
  \ifentrytype{article}{}{\printtext{\bibstring{in}\intitlepunct}}}

\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@Article{initials,
  author = {Doe, J. P. and Jones, J.},
  title = {An article coauthored by John-Paul Doe},
  journal = {Journal title},
  volume = {29},
  pages = {825--833},
  year = {2008}}
@Article{smitha,
  author = {Smith, Anne and Smith, Joe},
  title = {Article title},
  journal = {Journal title},
  volume = {29},
  number = {2},
  pages = {1--43},
  year = {2006}}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\begin{document}
\cite{initials,smitha}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

Any idea? Thanks in advance.

softandsafe
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1 Answers1

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This code should do what you want (with a suggestion of @Moewe):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=authoryear,maxcitenames=2,maxbibnames=50,firstinits=true,uniquelist=false,uniquename=init,isbn=false,doi=false,useprefix=true]{biblatex}
\DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{last-first}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{title}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{journaltitle}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat[book]{title}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{pages}{#1}
\renewbibmacro{in:}{%
 \ifentrytype{article}{}{\printtext{\bibstring{in}\intitlepunct}}}

\usepackage{xpatch}
\xpatchbibmacro{journal+issuetitle}{%
  \setunit*{\addspace}%
  \iffieldundef{series}}
  {%
  \setunit*{\addcomma\space}%
  \iffieldundef{series}}{}{}


\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@Article{initials,
  author = {Doe, J. P. and Jones, J.},
  title = {An article coauthored by John-Paul Doe},
  journal = {Journal title},
  volume = {29},
  pages = {825--833},
  year = {2008}}
@Article{smitha,
  author = {Smith, Anne and Smith, Joe},
  title = {Article title},
  journal = {Journal title},
  volume = {29},
  number = {2},
  pages = {1--43},
  year = {2006}}
\end{filecontents}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\renewcommand\bibpagespunct{\ifentrytype{article}{\addcolon}{\addcomma}\space}
\renewbibmacro*{volume+number+eid}{%
  \printfield{volume}
  \printfield[parens]{number}%
  \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  \printfield{eid}}

\begin{document}
\cite{initials,smitha}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

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Bernard
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  • I think redefining the bibstrings for pages to be empty (or a space) is less than ideal, a change like \DeclareFieldFormat{pages}{#1} or \DeclareFieldFormat{pages}{\ifentrytype{article}{#1}{\mkpageprefix[bookpagination]{#1}}} seems much more elegant. You might also want to make the change of \bibpagespunct type-dependant. – moewe Apr 12 '15 at 12:10
  • @Moewe: I thought the treatment should be global, for the sake of coherence. But maybe I wasn't able to imagine situations for which there should be another formatting… You're right, your suggestion is much mmore elegant, I'll retain it. – Bernard Apr 12 '15 at 12:18
  • Yes, the type-dependency might have an element of inconsistency, but seems to be widely accepted (CMS & MLA handle @articles differently, I think). Since the OP seems to have embraced \ifentrytype{article} already in their MWE and the question mentioned only @articles I found it natural to change only those. – moewe Apr 12 '15 at 12:24
  • @Moewe: OK, you've convinced me. Answer modified. – Bernard Apr 12 '15 at 12:28
  • Your way of making \DeclareFieldFormat type-dependant is of course much better than the crude attempt I suggested above. But now you delete the punctuation before the pages field entirely for non-@articles, maybe you wanted something like renewcommand{\bibpagespunct}{\ifentrytype{article}{\addcolon\space}{\addcomma\space}} – moewe Apr 12 '15 at 12:31
  • Modified (slightly shorter than you version — hope there's no side effect). – Bernard Apr 12 '15 at 12:38
  • Again, that change is more elegant than what I suggested (I wouldn't have thought there to be a side effect, but one can never be sure). Though the difference is not as drastic compared to the other one. – moewe Apr 12 '15 at 12:38
  • Thank you both very much! Just one quick question: How can i get a "," between the journal title and the volume? (See my question above) – softandsafe Apr 12 '15 at 16:37
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    That feature was added. One must use the xpatch package for that. See my updated answer. – Bernard Apr 12 '15 at 17:29
  • what if you want something like "5 no. 4" or just "5" if there's no issue number? tried a few obvious extensions to the above with no success. – ben w Apr 10 '16 at 03:35
  • @ben w: You can replace the re-definition of volume+number+eid bibmacro with the following: \renewbibmacro*{volume+number+eid}{ \printfield{volume} \addcomma\space \iffieldundef{number}{} {\printtext{no\addnbthinspace\printfield{number}}} \setunit{\addcomma\space} \printfield{eid}} – Bernard Apr 10 '16 at 11:59