Can I force the References to be the last thing?

Question

I work in a simple document which contains text then a figure. It happened that there is not enough space after the text to fit the figure in the first page. Latex placed the figure in page 2 and placed the References at the bottom of page 1. It is not right for me to see the References before the figure. I want to References to be always at the end. However, in future when I expand the document, if it is normal text (non References) I want Latex to place the text in the empty space if the figure can not fit in that space. How to do this?

How do I ensure that figures appear in the section they're associated with? might be helpful here. — Torbjørn T., Jul 23 '16 at 17:46
You can try with \clearpage just before the bibliography or you can use the placeins package and the \FloatBarrier command just before the bibliography — Guido, Jul 23 '16 at 17:49

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '16 at 17:49

You can use \FloatBarrier from the placeins package. It prevents your floats from being moved behind this barrier. Example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{placeins}
\begin{document}
Some dummy text
Image
\FloatBarrier
More Text or your references
\end{document}

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '16 at 18:08

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You could use the H option for float placement from the float package, which forces the float to be placed right where you positioned it in your code.

Example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{float}
\begin{document}
Lorem ipsum...
\begin{figure}[H]
the figures content
\end{figure}
\end{document}

answered Jul 23 '16 at 18:08

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It should be [h], but otherwise a good suggestion – Dai Dec 07 '20 at 11:46
@Dai Nope, the float package has the H option. – Mario Becerra Jan 11 '21 at 13:53

Can I force the References to be the last thing?

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