Page Layout ⇒ Bibliography cutting mid page

[pwsnow]

Hi everyone,

Just a really quick question.

I'm writing a paper from a IEEE template and everything is going well apart from the references are being displayed weirdly.

I'm currently using:

\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{Untitled}

Just before the end of my document to produce the Bibliography. The output produces the correct number of references (59) but does so in a weird manner. It displays the 26 references (this is in a two column setup) then jumps a page to a fresh page then at the top of that carries on with the references in the correct order.



This has never happened to me before, any ideas of what could be causing this? Many thanks in advance.

Peter

[hugovdberg]

Please post a minimal working example, that greatly enhances your chances that someone wants to delve into this.
My very wild guess is that there is something with the two column setup where it is first determined how many references fit vertically, and this list is then typeset in two columns, now only occupying half the page.

[pwsnow]

Many thanks,

I guess the best way to post a minimal version is directly from the IEEE template:

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%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%2345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
%        1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8
\documentclass[letterpaper, 10 pt, conference]{ieeeconf}  % Comment this line out if you need a4paper
%\documentclass[a4paper, 10pt, conference]{ieeeconf}      % Use this line for a4 paper
\IEEEoverridecommandlockouts                              % This command is only needed if 
                                                          % you want to use the \thanks command
\overrideIEEEmargins                                      % Needed to meet printer requirements.
% See the \addtolength command later in the file to balance the column lengths
% on the last page of the document
% The following packages can be found on http:\\www.ctan.org
%\usepackage{graphics} % for pdf, bitmapped graphics files
%\usepackage{epsfig} % for postscript graphics files
%\usepackage{mathptmx} % assumes new font selection scheme installed
%\usepackage{times} % assumes new font selection scheme installed
%\usepackage{amsmath} % assumes amsmath package installed
%\usepackage{amssymb}  % assumes amsmath package installed
\title{\LARGE \bf
Preparation of Papers for IEEE Sponsored Conferences \& Symposia*
}
\author{Albert Author$^{1}$ and Bernard D. Researcher$^{2}$% <-this % stops a space
\thanks{*This work was not supported by any organization}% <-this % stops a space
\thanks{$^{1}$Albert Author is with Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science,
        University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
        {\tt\small albert.author@papercept.net}}%
\thanks{$^{2}$Bernard D. Researcheris with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Wright State University,
        Dayton, OH 45435, USA
        {\tt\small b.d.researcher@ieee.org}}%
}
\begin{document}
 
 
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Run LaTeX here

Although I have just seen on the IEEE Latex support page another set of files which wasn't in the download from the IEEE before:

http://css.paperplaza.net/conferences/support/tex.php

BiBTeX files IEEEtranBST.zip

I'll give those a go since Im currently not using them. I also agree that the two columns is probably giving me the issue.

[clopez]

I also struggled with this issue. The following command before the appendix is causing the issue:

\addtolength{\textheight}{-12cm}

You can adjust the number to 0 when you have a lot of citations.

[ssnirgudkar]

clopez, you are a genius!
I had this problem because I was using the exact IEEE template from overleaf and was searching the internet for almost half day. I came across your suggestion and that was the problem! Thank you very much.

-ssnirgudkar