Missing "Vol." and "No." in biblatex/biber

Question

I'd like to cite an article with biblatex, but I'm failing to add "Vol." and "No." in front of the corresponding number.

Here is the entry, of type @article, in the .bib file:

@article{kakimoto_monitoring_2006,
    title = {Monitoring of Interarea Oscillation Mode by Synchronized Phasor Mesurement},
    volume = {21},
    issn = {0885-8950},
    doi = {10.1109/TPWRS.2005.861960},
    number = {1},
    journal = {{IEEE} Transactions on Power Systems},
    author = {Kakimoto, Naoto and Sugumi, Masahiro and Makino, Tohru and Tomiyama, Katsuyuki},
    month = feb,
    year = {2006},
    pages = {260 -- 268}
}

I cite it in this minimal example:

\documentclass{scrartcl} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{selinput}
\SelectInputMappings{
    adieresis={ä},
    germandbls={ß},
    Euro={€},
}

\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
% erweiterete Literaturverwaltung
\usepackage[  backend = biber   % (bibtex, biber)
        , bibwarn = true    % Warnung bei fehlerhafter bib-Datei
        , style = authoryear
        , natbib = true
          ]{biblatex}
% Einstellung der Anführungszeichen bei Zitaten („x“, »x«, “x”)
\usepackage[autostyle = true]{csquotes}

% Lokalisierung für biber ergänzen % wirkt nicht
\DefineBibliographyStrings{ngerman}{%
      jourvol = {V1ol. }
    , volume = {VolB. }
    , volumes = {VolBs. }
    , edition = {No. }
    %, andothers = {and others}
}
% Trenner zwischen den Namen ein Semikolon
\renewcommand*{\multinamedelim}{\addsemicolon\space}

% Literaturliste laden
\addbibresource{L:/Uni/Literatur.bib} 

\begin{document}

\cite{kakimoto_monitoring_2006}

\printbibliography

\end{document}

But I get in my bibliography this entry:

Kakimoto, Naoto u.a. (Feb. 2006). „Monitoring of Interarea Oscillation Mode by Syn-
chronized Phasor Mesurement“. In: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 21.1, S. 260–
268. issn: 0885-8950. doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2005.861960.

As you can see, instead of "Vol. 21, No. 1" I get "21.1".

In my code I tried to change this behaviour with the \DefineBibliographyStrings macro, but without success. It is interesting, that the commented andother localisation string works, the others don't.

moewe · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-01T09:46:15.873

To make use of the excellent localisation features of biblatex, the following approach might be more apt.

\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{volume}{\bibstring{jourvol}\addnbspace #1}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{number}{\bibstring{number}\addnbspace #1}

Note the use of a non-breaking space (\addnbspace), if you prefer a normal space, go with \addpspace. (Edit: One should probably better use \bibstring{jourvol} instead of \bibstring{volume}, I have changed this, for German at least the output changes, this is not reflected in the image below.)

This, however, results in "Bd. 21.Nr. 1", so we modify the bibmacro volume+number+eid a bit to include a comma (and a space) between the volume and number.

\renewbibmacro*{volume+number+eid}{%
  \printfield{volume}%
  \setunit{\addcomma\space}%<---- was \setunit*{\adddot}%
  \printfield{number}%
  \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  \printfield{eid}}

So the MWE

\documentclass{scrartcl} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[backend = biber,style = authoryear,natbib = true]{biblatex}
\usepackage[autostyle = true]{csquotes}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{kakimoto_monitoring_2006,
    title = {Monitoring of Interarea Oscillation Mode by Synchronized Phasor Mesurement},
    volume = {21},
    issn = {0885-8950},
    doi = {10.1109/TPWRS.2005.861960},
    number = {1},
    journal = {{IEEE} Transactions on Power Systems},
    author = {Kakimoto, Naoto and Sugumi, Masahiro and Makino, Tohru and Tomiyama, Katsuyuki},
    month = feb,
    year = {2006},
    pages = {260 -- 268}
}
\end{filecontents}

\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{volume}{\bibstring{jourvol}\addnbspace #1}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{number}{\bibstring{number}\addnbspace #1}

\renewbibmacro*{volume+number+eid}{%
  \printfield{volume}%
  \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  \printfield{number}%
  \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  \printfield{eid}}

\renewcommand*{\multinamedelim}{\addsemicolon\space}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib} 

\begin{document}
  \cite{kakimoto_monitoring_2006}
  \nocite{*}
  \printbibliography
\end{document}

yields enter image description here

If you wish to include a comma before the volume, add to your preamble.

\renewbibmacro*{journal+issuetitle}{%
  \usebibmacro{journal}%
  \setunit*{\addcomma\space}% was: \setunit*{\addspace}
  \iffieldundef{series}
    {}
    {\newunit
     \printfield{series}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\space}}% was: \setunit{\addspace}
  \usebibmacro{volume+number+eid}%
  \setunit{\addspace}%
  \usebibmacro{issue+date}%
  \setunit{\addcolon\space}%
  \usebibmacro{issue}%
  \newunit}

this is perfect, except for a missing comma in front of Bd.! How can we add this? — Ingo, Oct 23 '13 at 14:31
@Ingo Have a look a the edited answer. If you want more, it might be better to ask a new question. — moewe, Oct 23 '13 at 20:24

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 08 '13 at 16:18

8

As far as I can see, this is not a localization issue, so \DefineBibliographyStrings cannot do anything for you here. You have to modify the field formats. Try:

\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{volume}{Vol. #1}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{number}{No. #1}

You can suppress the optional [article] argument if you want this to hold whatever the entry type.

answered Feb 08 '13 at 16:18

Corentin

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Thank you! This works. But for what are the localisation string volume and jourvol? And what should I do, if I want an edition localised? In german it is "Auflage" and in english "edition"? This doesn't work with your approach, doesn't it? – Dirk Feb 08 '13 at 16:41
To change the localisation for some strings manually, you can do: ```\DefineBibliographyStrings{german}{ andothers = {et al.}, jourvol = {Vol.} }
– Seb123 May 11 '20 at 15:26

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