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I'm really having trouble with my bibliography atm because the way my literature is displayed isn't consistent... while sometimes it shows pp. 30-44 other times it shows something like 10(6):1475–1493.

I'M using

\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{literatur.bib}

Is there any way to change the style in which this is displayed? I've googled a lot but haven't come across the right way to do it yet...

Is there any way to renew the commands or field names?

Mico
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    Welcome to TeX.SX! The varying output most certainly is related to varying input. Check the differences of the corresponding entries in the bib file. 10(6):1475-1493 is typical of journal articles, whereas page numbers without volume and issue numbers may be a conference article or the chapter of a book. – gernot Sep 05 '21 at 12:46
  • @gernot yeah you're right about the underlying input data. But still isn't it ugly that books and journals are shown in different ways? – learnPyt Sep 05 '21 at 16:05
  • @learnPyt - Why should pages fields be displayed identically across the @article and @book/@inbook/@incollection entry types? In an entry of type @article, 10(6):1475–1493 can only mean that 10 is the volume number, 6 is the issue number, and 1476-1593 can only mean the page range. No need to stink up the place by writing vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 1476-1493. For entries of type @inbook or @incollection, though, 30-44 could represent ranges of chapter numbers, volume numbers, or -- gulp -- page numbers. If the pp prefix isn't redundant, it's a nice touch to provide it... – Mico Sep 05 '21 at 16:47

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