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The different entry types in the Living Reviews citation style are listed below with their required and optional fields. Examples are given in BibTeX.

@article

Article published in a newspaper, journal, magazine, or e-journal.

Required fields:

author, title, year, journal, volume, pages or eid

Optional fields:

url or onlineversion, cited, note, adsurl, eprint, doi, keywords

Example:

@article{PhysicalContent,
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  author        = {Kozameh, C. and Newman, E.T. and Silva-Ortigoza, G.},
  doi           = {10.1088/0264-9381/25/14/145001},
  eprint        = {0802.3314},
  eid           = {145001},
  journal       = {Class. Quantum Grav.},
  keywords      = {Null infinity},
  primaryclass  = {gr-qc},
  title         = {On extracting physical content from asymptotically flat spacetime metrics},
  volume        = {25},
  year          = {2008}
}

@online

Resources available online: includes entire websites, animations, or software.
For articles published in an e-journal use entry type “article”.
For articles published only on a preprint server use entry type “preprint”.

Required fields:

title, publisher, url, cited, format

Optional fields:

author, year, note, doi, keywords

Example:

@online{PLANCK,
  cited     = {28 August 2008},
  format    = {project homepage},
  keywords  = {Cosmology, Cosmic microwave background},
  publisher = {European Space Agency},
  title     = {Planck Home Page},
  url       = {http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=PLANCK}
}

@preprint

Article only available on a preprint server.

Required fields:

archivePrefix, author, title, year, eprint, cited

Optional fields:

note, adsurl, url, doi, keywords

Example:

@preprint{Babak:2008bu,
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  author        = {Mazur, P.O. and Mottola, E.},
  cited         = {12 May 2012},
  eprint        = {gr-qc/0109035},
  keywords      = {Black holes},
  title         = {Gravitational condensate stars: An alternative to black holes},
  year          = {2001}
}

@unpublished

Print articles not formally published. Includes articles in preparation, submitted or accepted for publication.

Required fields:

author, title, format

Optional fields:

booktitle, conference, year, journal, url or onlineversion, cited, note, adsurl, eprint, keywords

Example:

@unpublished{mech_test_07,
  author        = {Armstrong, J.W. and Estabrook, F.B. and Asmar, S.W. and Iess, L. and Tortora, P.},
  cited         = {1 December 2007},
  format        = {submitted},
  journal       = {Radio Sci.},
  keywords      = {Mechanical stability},
  onlineversion = {http://tmo.jpl.nasa.gov/progress_report/42-165/165F.pdf},
  title         = {Reducing Antenna Mechanical Noise in Precision Doppler Tracking},
  year          = {2008}
}

@proceedings

Conference proceedings (citing the full document).

Required fields:

editor, title, year, publisher, address

Optional fields:

conference, volume, edition, series, number, organization, url or onlineversion, cited, note, adsurl, eprint, doi, gbs_id, keywords

Example:

@proceedings{GAIA,
  address       = {Noordwijk},
  cited         = {05 September 2008},
  conference    = {Proceedings of the Symposium held at the Observatoire de Paris-Meudon,
4\,--\,7 October 2004},
  editor        = {Perryman, M.A.C. and Turon, C. and O'Flaherty, K.S.},
  keywords      = {GAIA},
  onlineversion = {http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=Gaia&page=Gaia_2004_Proceedings},
  publisher     = {ESA Publications Division},
  series        = {ESA Conference Proceedings},
  title         = {The Three-Dimensional Universe with Gaia},
  volume        = {SP-576},
  year          = {2005}
}

@inproceedings

Paper published in conference proceedings.

Required fields:

author, editor, title, booktitle, year, publisher, address, pages or id

Optional fields:

conference, volume, edition, series, number, organization, url or onlineversion, cited, note, adsurl, eprint, doi, gbs_id, keywords

Example:

@inproceedings{york,
  address    = {Cambridge; New York},
  adsurl     = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979sgrr.work...83Y},
  author     = {York Jr, J.W.},
  booktitle  = {Sources of Gravitational Radiation},
  conference = {Proceedings of the Battelle Seattle Workshop, July 24\,--\,August 4, 1978},
  editor     = {Smarr, L.L.},
  keywords   = {ADM formalism, Initial value problem},
  pages      = {83--126},
  publisher  = {Cambridge University Press},
  title      = {Kinematics and Dynamics of General Relativity},
  year       = {1979}
}

@book

Book, including a collection of articles published by an editor (citing the full book).

Required fields:

author or editor, title, year, publisher, address

Optional fields:

volume, edition, series, number, url or onlineversion, cited, note, adsurl, eprint, doi, gbs_id, keywords

Example:

@book{gko1995,
  address   = {New York},
  author    = {Gustafsson, B. and Kreiss, H.-O. and Oliger, J.},
  gbs_id    = {1JZ2mSQ-O6MC},
  keywords  = {Boundary conditions, Numerical methods, Numerical mathematics, Differential equations, Initial value problem},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  title     = {Time Dependent Problems and Difference Methods},
  year      = {1995}
}

@inbook

Specific chapter of a book, where the whole book was written by the same author(s). If the book contains a collection of articles by various authors, rather use entry type “incollection”.

Required fields:

author, booktitle, year, publisher, address, pages or id

Optional fields:

title, volume, edition, series, chapter, number, url or onlineversion, cited, note, adsurl, eprint, doi, gbs_id, keywords

Example:

@inbook{korn-61,
  address   = {New York},
  author    = {Korn, G.A. and Korn, T.M.},
  booktitle = {Mathematical Handbook for Scientists and Engineers: Definitions, Theorems,
and Formulas for Reference and Review},
  chapter   = {6},
  keywords  = {Mathematical methods, Mathematical physics},
  pages     = {179--186},
  publisher = {McGraw-Hill},
  year      = {1961}
}

@incollection

Usually a specific chapter of a book which is a collection of articles by various authors. If you want to cite the whole book, use entry type “book”. If the whole book was written by the same auhtor(s), use entry type “inbook”.

Required fields:

author, editor, title, booktitle, year, publisher, address, pages or id

Optional fields:

volume, edition, series, chapter, number, url or onlineversion, cited, note, adsurl, eprint, doi, gbs_id, keywords

Example:

@incollection{DAMOUR1987,
  address   = {Cambridge; New York},
  author    = {Damour, T.},
  booktitle = {Three Hundred Years of Gravitation},
  editor    = {Hawking, S.W. and Israel, W.},
  keywords  = {Post-Newtonian approximations, Equations of motion},
  pages     = {128--198},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
  title     = {The problem of motion in Newtonian and Einsteinian gravity},
  year      = {1987}
}

@phdthesis

Doctoral thesis or Habilitational thesis.

Required fields:

author, title, year, school, address

Optional fields:

url or onlineversion, cited, note, adsurl, eprint, doi, keywords

Example:

@phdthesis{belath,
  address  = {Pittsburgh},
  adsurl   = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000PhDT........33S},
  author   = {Szil{\'{a}}gyi, B.},
  keywords = {Initial value problem, Null surfaces, Numerical methods},
  school   = {University of Pittsburgh},
  title    = {Cauchy-characteristic matching in general relativity},
  year     = {2000}
}

@techreport

Technical report.

Required fields:

title, year, publisher, address

Optional fields:

author, editor, number url or onlineversion, cited, series, note, adsurl, eprint, doi, keywords

Example:

@techreport{bipm,
  address       = {Paris},
  collaboration = {Organisation Intergouvernementale de la Convention du M\`etre},
  edition       = {8th},
  onlineversion = {http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/general.html},
  publisher     = {Bureau International des Poids et Mesures},
  title         = {The International System of Units (SI)},
  year          = {2006}
}

@newspaperarticle

Article published in a daily newspaper.

Required fields:

title, year, month, day, newspaper, pages or id

Optional fields:

author, pages, url or onlineversion, cited, note, adsurl, eprint, doi, keywords

Example:

@newspaperarticle{nyt33,
  author    = {Anon.},
  day       = {5},
  keywords  = {Astronomy},
  month     = {May},
  newspaper = {New York Times},
  title     = {New radio waves traced to centre of the Milky Way},
  year      = {1933}
}

@misc

Catchall category to use for, e.g. private communication, but also CD-ROMs, etc.
If an online version is available use entry type “online”.

Required fields:

author, format

Optional fields:

title, year, month, note, adsurl, keywords

Example:

@misc{cor08,
  author   = {Cordes, J.M.},
  format   = {personal communication},
  keywords = {Interstellar medium},
  title    = {New model of NE2001 in preparation},
  year     = {2008}
}

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