How to customize citations, to be (author, year) instead of [number]?

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Hi,
In science/astronomy, it is more common to give citations styled “(Einstein 1905)” instead of “[1]”. Is there a possibility to customize citations in such a way, that the bracket includes the author and year in any sort? ([Einstein 1905], [E. 1905], (Einstein, 1905), Einstein (1905), …)
Ideally, the reference should still be taken from a .bib file.
Thanks in advance!

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Hi there!
You can set the citation style
I think in your case it would be " apa", which would result in (Einstein, 1905), so

#bibliography("works.bib", style: "apa")

This code also changes the citation style in the bibliography. If you don’t want that, you can also do

#set cite(style: "apa")

in the beginning of your document.
If there are any questions left, don’t hesitate to ask again :slight_smile:

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Is there a way to customize the citation style without using a predefined style? Let’s say I want the [1] to be put in bold or superscript it?

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You can use show rules for that:

// for bold citation
#show cite: it => [
  *#it*
]
// for superscript citation
#show cite: it => [
  #super[#it]
]

If there are any questions left, don’t hesitate to ask again :slight_smile:
PS: It might have been useful to open a new question for this, because it is not closely related. Also, it is already marked as solved, so it’s less likely your question gets answered (quickly).