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Is it possible to make an entire reference appear bold in the references section when using BibTeX? I'm using the IEEE templates and .bst.

I found this related question, but is there a more elegant way to highlight certain entries rather than just adding \textbf{} to every field in my .bib file?

Note that I only want to highlight selected entries from my bilbiography, so changing the whole thing wouldn't accomplish what I'm trying to do.

Unfortunately, I can't use biblatex as \usepackage[style=ieee]{biblatex} differs from what I get using the official IEEE .bst

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zje
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  • Nope, it's completely arbitrary in that sense. I'm trying to highlight certain references for someone else to look at. – zje May 07 '12 at 23:27
  • I think you can simple setup biblatex but you can't simple setup the bst -- method. So it's easier if you try biblatex. – Marco Daniel Jun 02 '12 at 20:44
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    @user825518 I'd love to know what is wrong with the biblatex IEEE style: please report the issues to joseph.wright@morningstar2.co.uk :-) – Joseph Wright Jun 02 '12 at 22:06

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Assuming numeric citations, here's a way: put the following code in your document preamble.

\usepackage{xparse}
\ExplSyntaxOn

\clist_new:N \g_boldcite_list_clist
\cs_new:Npn \boldcite_checkkey:n #1
 {
  \clist_if_in:NnTF \g_boldcite_list_clist { #1 } { \bfseries } { \mdseries } \boldcite_bibitem:n {#1}
 }
\cs_set_eq:NN \boldcite_bibitem:n \bibitem

\RenewDocumentCommand{\bibitem}{m}
 {
  \boldcite_checkkey:n { #1 }
 }
\NewDocumentCommand{\boldreferences}{m}
 {
  \clist_gput_right:Nn \g_boldcite_list_clist { #1 }
 }
\ExplSyntaxOff

You can then add any number of commands 

\boldreferences{key1,key2}

where you list the keys of the references you want to embolden.

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  • I apologize for my delay in response, but thank you very much! That does exactly what I was looking for! – zje Jun 14 '12 at 15:30