How to export preprint as @article in BibTex?

mmwood

I see that zotero has started importing arxiv articles as a new type (preprint, versus journal article), and that moreover these are exported as @misc in Bibtex (I am using Better Bibtex). Is there some way for me to revert to the old behavior and export them as @article in my Bibtex file? The Bibtex style files I work with (and I don't have control of these in all situations) do not treat @misc very well, and in particular do not show key fields from @misc entries in the eventual pdf. I see I could do this manually for one file at a time with tex.entrytype from Better BibTex, but I would like this to automatically happen for all preprints.

adamsmith

I'd ask that at BBT -- that should be pretty easy to post-process either for arXiv specifically or for all preprints.

emilianoeheyns

if (Translator.BetterBibTeX && zotero.itemType === 'preprint') {
tex.entrytype = 'article'
}

mmwood

emilianoeheyns, can you let me know where I should put that code? Thank you.

emilianoeheyns

In the BBT preferences: https://retorque.re/zotero-better-bibtex/installation/preferences/export/#postscript-1

dstillman

What's the correct BibTeX output for a preprint? The stock BibTeX translator is exporting @misc now as well, so if it should be @article, we should fix that (and BBT should too, presumably).

adamsmith

There is no "correct" here for bibtex: misc makes most sense conceptually, but we used to specifically import arXiv as journal article because many physics/math styles work best with article for arXiv preprints.

Here's the case for misc for preprints in plain bibtex: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/251051

And here are the complex details for BibLaTeX: https://pbelmans.ncag.info/blog/2014/11/11/how-do-i-properly-cite-a-preprint-in-biblatex/

bwiernik

(This is one of the places where BibTeX’s habit of style-specific data entry makes a big mass.)