Citation order by year

Question

I'm fairly new to LaTeX so this question may come off as trivial, but how would one go about sorting the elements within a citation by year?

For example, my citation would read in alphabetical order as (Frank, 2007; James, 2005; John, 1998). Where/what would I need to change to have it read (John, 1998; James, 2005; Frank, 2007)?

edit: I'm using natbib and a custom bibliostyle. Is it possible to leave the bibliography portion untouched (as the one that's displaying for me is perfect) and only tinker with the elements within the citation?

What bibliography package are you using, if any? Are you using biblatex or perhaps natbib? — Werner, Jun 30 '12 at 02:14
If you're using biblatex, you can see biblatex: how to sort references by year within the citation. Give some feedback after reviewing the linked question. — Werner, Jun 30 '12 at 02:24

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 16 '17 at 16:37

Well, you may see this for further details on answering your question,

I'll summarize some of their answer in here,

there is a user package for sorting references either chronologically or reverse chronologically, plesslweb
you can also use biblatex for ordering your references by year or
natbib,

All them may be fairly easy to use considering you are new to latex. Btw, Welcome to TeX.sx!

Citation order by year

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