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I would like to reference papers in the bibliography by the names of the authors rather than the number. How do I doo this if there are two authors, and I want to cite as [Author A and Author B, year]?

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    Welcome to TeX.SE. Please tell us more how you build the formatted bibliography. E.g., do you build it entirely by hand, or with the help of a software tool such as BibTeX? Do you load any packages that manage the appearance of citation call-outs? Please be specific. – Mico Jul 04 '20 at 06:38
  • Use the authoryear style of biblatex. See here. – Fran Jul 04 '20 at 06:45
  • If you are using BibTeX (with \bibliographystyle), then you need to pick a bibliography style that is capable of producing author-year citation data and you need a LaTeX package that produces author-year citations. In the BibTeX world one of the most commonly used packages for this is natbib which comes with a collection of bibliography styles that support author-year citations. (There are other packages: apacite for APA style, 6th ed., citations comes to mind.) If you are using biblatex a switch should be as easy as saying style=authoryear. – moewe Jul 04 '20 at 10:47

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