Customized BibTeX bst - slash between "volume" and "number"

Question

I am trying to customize my bibliography to match the requirements of a journal, and by using makebst, I arrived at something that comes pretty close to what I need. However, makebst, while offering some options for the appearance of "volume" and "number" in journal articles, does not offer to have the two entries separated by a slash (like: "32/4"). Right now, it gives "volume" and "number" as "32(4)". Is there an easy way to fix that?

The journal asks you to provide a bst? Don't journals usually have their own templates ready? — Tiuri, Aug 07 '17 at 10:22
Please show the contents of the function format.vol.num.pages that's in your bst file. — Mico, Aug 07 '17 at 13:25
@Mico FUNCTION {format.vol.num.pages} { volume field.or.null duplicate$ empty$ 'skip$ { "volume" bibinfo.check } if$ number "number" bibinfo.check duplicate$ empty$ 'skip$ { swap$ duplicate$ empty$ { "there's a number but no volume in " cite$ * warning$ } 'skip$ if$ swap$ "(" swap$ * ")" * } if$ * } — Janine, Aug 08 '17 at 13:31

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 07 '17 at 13:21

You could use the biblatex package (I assume, you already do) and use \renewbibmacro (p. 203 biblatex manual) or \DeclareFieldFormat.

There is an example for code and output. If you read the manual and other Q&As like this one or this, I am sure, you'll be able to customize it exactly the way you want it.

\documentclass[A4]{scrartcl}%
\usepackage[%
style=authoryear,%
backend=biber,%
uniquename=false,% 
uniquelist=false,% 
doi=false,%
isbn=false,%
url=false,%
eprint=false,%
]{biblatex}%
\usepackage{csquotes}

\renewbibmacro*{volume+number+eid}{%
\printfield{volume}%
\setunit{\addnbthinspace\slash\addnbthinspace}%
\printfield{number}%
\setunit{\addcomma}%
\printfield{eid}}%

%\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{number}{\slash{#1}} %a second way to change the number field and its delimiters

\usepackage{filecontents}%
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{Name.2016,%
author = {Author, Name},%
year = {2016},%
title = {{National cross-sectional study of nothing}},%
pages = {543-548},%
pagination = {page},%
volume = {105},%
journaltitle = {Acta rediculanda},%
number = {11}%
}%
\end{filecontents}%

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}%

\begin{document}%
\cite{Name.2016}%
\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc]%
\end{document}%

Output:

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 09 '17 at 09:23

1

In the .bst, I changed the entry FUNCTION {format.vol.num.pages} to

FUNCTION {format.vol.num.pages}
{ volume field.or.null
  duplicate$ empty$ 'skip$
    {
      "volume" bibinfo.check
    }
  if$
  number "number" bibinfo.check duplicate$ empty$ 'skip$
    {
      swap$ duplicate$ empty$
        { "there's a number but no volume in " cite$ * warning$ }
        'skip$
      if$
      swap$
      "/" swap$ *
    }
  if$ *
}

That does it nicely.

edited Aug 09 '17 at 09:23

Mico

506,678

answered Aug 09 '17 at 09:19

Janine

21

1

It would have been helpful if you had posted the original BibTeX code as well. – Mico Aug 09 '17 at 09:25
Yes, I guess. Sorry! – Janine Aug 11 '17 at 08:05

Customized BibTeX bst - slash between "volume" and "number"

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