Others ⇒ Overleaf Citations not working

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Hi, I am working on my thesis and am using a class that was written by the graduate studies office of my Uni. The problem, however, is that it is sorta compatible with Overleaf. I have three issues here with my project.

1. The main thesis citations index started from where the paper citation index ended instead of starting over from one again.

2. Citing multiple authors is not being printed in [1-2] format, it is instead in [1,2] format, which I do not want.

3. The .bib files with the bibliography are unresponsive. Only the \bibitem is working.
I am using the following packages to get started.

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\documentclass[times,12pt,titlepage]{mstogs}
\doublespacing
 % ... additions to ptotemplate ...
\usepackage[numbers,square,sort&compress]{natbib} % ... authoryear or numbers ...
%\setlength{\bibhang}{0.5in}
\usepackage{docmute}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage[nopar]{lipsum}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage{psfrag}
%\usepackage{cite}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage[noprefix]{nomencl}
\makenomenclature
\usepackage[sectionbib]{chapterbib}

\bibliographystyle{mstogs}

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

[kaiserkarl13]

I don't know if I actually understanding point #1, but I suggest you read the chapterbib documentation: if you want references on a per-chapter basis, they SHOULD start over, but you'll need to load it and read the parts about use with natbib. If you want a global bibliography, you need [rootbib] (see documentation). You might have to reset the counter yourself when using natbib; I used code like this once upon a time:

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\@ifpackageloaded{natbib}{
  \let\newchapter\chapter
  \renewcommand{\chapter}{\setcounter{NAT@ctr}{0}\newchapter}
}

The style [1,2] is normal; you would only put a range with [1-3] (instead of [1,2,3]), which is what "sort&compress" is for.

What does "The .bib files with the bibliography are unresponsive. Only the \bibitem is working" mean? Note that "\bibitem" is used by the thebibliography environment, which BibTeX generates for you based on the .aux and .bib files. You should either be writing your bibliography inside the thebibliography environment (i.e., manually) or generating it with BibTeX, not both.

In the future, try to reproduce the problem you're having using one of the standard classes, then post a minimal working example.

[EnriqueVilla]

Sounds frustrating! Your issues likely come from the custom mstogs class conflicting with Overleaf’s defaults. For the citation numbering, try resetting the counter manually before the thesis part. For [1-2] formatting, natbib should handle it—but double-check that sort&compress is working with your .bst file. And if .bib isn’t working, make sure \bibliography{yourfile} is included and that your project is set to use bibtex or biber, not just \bibitem. Sometimes class files override things silently.