Partial Citations

In addition to the primary forms of citation, the citation commands $\backslash$citeyear and $\backslash$citename are provided as building blocks for more complex citations that authors may (from time to time) require. $\backslash$citeyear behaves like the $\backslash$cite command except that only the year portion of the citation label is used. For example,

\citeyear{btxdoc,latex}

produces ( ). The parenthesis around the year list may be omitted by modifying the command name with a single asterisk (e.g. \citeyear*{btxdoc}). $\backslash$citename behaves like the $\backslash$citeasnoun command except that only the author name(s) portion of the citation label is used. For example,

\citename{btxdoc}

produces

Patashnik.

The use of these commands does not trigger the use of abbreviated citations for subsequent $\backslash$citeasnoun and $\backslash$cite references.