How do I cite author in LaTeX with BibLaTeX?

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It's not the same question as How do I cite author in LaTeX?.

I create my bib file with Zotero (better BibLaTeX) and so I don't have year and publisher but date and journaltitle and so I can't use \citeauthor as proposed in the previous link.

I can use better BibTex but it seems that BibLaTeX is better than BibTex. Is there any other solution?

Edit: I used Bibtex thinking I used Biblatex I had to install biber (Ubuntu)

apt-get install biber

And here is the scheme I use:

\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage[autostyle]{csquotes}
\usepackage[
    backend=biber,
    style=numeric,
    natbib=true,
    url=false, 
    sorting=none,
    doi=true,
    eprint=false
]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\usepackage[]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{colorlinks=true}
%% ##############################
\begin{document}
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet~\cite{pssh}.
    At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum~\cite{hsim2}.
    \citeauthor{hsim2}
    \printbibliography 
\end{document}

biblatex-examples.bib is an extract from the file provided by Zotero

@article{pssh,
  title = {On the Mathematical Status of the Pseudo-Steady State Hypothesis of Biochemical Kinetics},
  volume = {1},
  timestamp = {2017-06-16T20:19:49Z},
  number = {1},
  urldate = {2017-06-01},
  journal = {Mathematical Biosciences},
  author = {Heineken, F. G. and Tsuchiya, H. M. and Aris, R.},
  year = {1967},
  keywords = {asymptotic solution,singular perturbation,steady-state},
  pages = {95--113},
  annote = {Explication "biologique" et math{\'e}matique que l'hypoth{\`e}se de quasy steady state.
Construction de la solution asymptotique pour tout t},
  file = {qss.pdf:/home/cecilelocal/.zotero/zotero/ekuhyidl.default/zotero/storage/RU83AENU/qss.pdf:application/pdf}
}
@article{hsim2,
  title = {{{HSIM}}: {{A Hybrid Stochastic Simulation System}} for {{Systems Biology}}},
  volume = {313},
  issn = {15710661},
  shorttitle = {{{HSIM}}},
  doi = {10.1016/j.entcs.2015.04.016},
  language = {en},
  timestamp = {2017-06-19T17:34:45Z},
  urldate = {2017-06-15},
  journal = {Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science},
  author = {Amar, Patrick and Paulev{'e}, Lo{&quot;\i}c},
  year = {2015},
  keywords = {circadian clock,entiy-centered systems,hybrid systems,simulation,stochastic simulations},
  pages = {3--21},
  annote = {Description de deux m{'e}thodes de simulations : entit{'e}-centr{'e}e et SSA global},
  file = {hsim2.pdf:/home/cecilelocal/.zotero/zotero/ekuhyidl.default/zotero/storage/5KRMSRJU/hsim2.pdf:application/pdf}
}

To obtain the pdf file I have to run

pdflatex name.tex
biber name
pdflatex name.tex
pdflatex name.tex

What you're trying to achieve is not very clear. There exist \citeauthor and \citeauthor* commands in biblatex, so why can't you use them? — Bernard, Jun 19 '17 at 18:14
Ok... I understand... I used bibtex thinking I used Biblatex — Ccile, Jun 19 '17 at 20:36
I have retagged your question since you use BibTeX and not biblatex. — moewe, Jun 20 '17 at 04:20
No, my question was about Biblatex and I have my answer, I was wrong. And now, it's good, because I found the information. — Ccile, Jun 20 '17 at 06:25
@Bernard Do you want to write up an answer? Or do you know a good duplicate. How do I cite author in LaTeX? is good, but does not explicitly mention biblatex. — moewe, Jun 20 '17 at 07:49

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 15 '23 at 18:45

Biblatex yields the \citeauthor and \Citeauthor commands, and starred variants.

From the package's documentation (§ 3.8.5, p.97):

These commands print the authors. Strictly speaking, it prints the labelname list, which may be the author, the editor or the translator. \Citeauthor is similar to \citeauthor but capitalizes the name prefix of the first name in the citation if the useprefix option is enabled, provided that there is a name prefix. The starred variants effectively force maxcitenames to 1 for just this command on so only print the first name in the labelname list (potentially followed by the “et al” string if there are more names).

Note:

biblatex is not a bibliography engine, and doesn't have to be opposed to bibtex. Two bibliography engines can be used with biblatex with the option backend=: biber and bibtex. The default is biber, as it has more capabilities than bibtex.

How do I cite author in LaTeX with BibLaTeX?

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