Change bibliography starting number with revtex

Question

I want my bibliography to start at another number, not at 1.

I saw this solution here that works with articles, but I am using revtex4-1 ... (and I stole their minimal example :-))

\documentclass{revtex4-1}

\begin{document}


Let us cite \cite{a1},  \cite{a2} and \cite{a3}.

\begin{thebibliography}{99}
\makeatletter
\addtocounter{\@listctr}{8}
\makeatother

\bibitem{a1}
A1
\bibitem{a2}
A2
\bibitem{a3}
A3
\end{thebibliography}

\end{document}

Would be great if you could help me with this.

You could try with \addtocounter{NAT@ctr}{8} instead of \addtocounter{\@listctr}{8}, but I'm not sure how safe it is. — campa, Oct 24 '18 at 10:26
see also this question: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/84707/how-to-change-the-starting-reference-number-in-natbib-in-a-given-bibunit — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Oct 24 '18 at 10:27
That works! Thanks a lot for this speedy response!! Awesome! — Mechanix, Oct 24 '18 at 10:34

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 13 '18 at 13:52

2

Using "thebibliography" the counter name for the revtex4-1 class is:

\addtocounter{NAT@ctr}{8}

edited Dec 13 '18 at 13:52

Stefan Pinnow

29,535

answered Dec 13 '18 at 13:19

user176732

21

Change bibliography starting number with revtex

1 Answers1