BibTeX, biblatex and bibernatbib not showing [first author] et. al.

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Mark4483
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natbib not showing [first author] et. al.

Post by Mark4483 »

Hello,

I just tried to change my citation style using natbib. From what I've read, using \citet{key} should show up as First Author et. al. (year) if there are mutilple authors. However, mine is listing all the authors instead. I would rather the et al. be there with more than one author. I've put together a simple example:

bibtex file:

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@book{rosen:2006,
    AUTHOR = {Marcus, Michael B. and Rosen, Jay},
     TITLE = {Markov processes, {G}aussian processes, and local times},
    SERIES = {Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics},
    VOLUME = {100},
 PUBLISHER = {Cambridge University Press},
   ADDRESS = {Cambridge},
      YEAR = {2006},
}
Tex file:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{natbib}

\begin{document}

\citet{rosen:2006}

\bibliographystyle{plainnat}
\bibliography{bibfile}

\end{document}
 

This produces "Marcus and Rosen [2006]" instead of "Marcus et al. [2006]".

How do I fix this? Thanks!

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Re: natbib not showing [first author] et. al.

Post by josephwright »

With two authors, you'll get both names. "et al." is used with three or more.
Joseph Wright
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