bibtex-tidy
Tidy bibtex files. Try it out.
bibtex-tidy is free to use at https://flamingtempura.github.io/bibtex-tidy/
Example
Before:
@ARTICLE {feinberg1983technique,
title={A technique for radiolabeling DNA restriction endonuclease fragments to high specific activity},
author={Feinberg, Andrew P and Vogelstein, Bert},
journal = {Analytical biochemistry},
volume = 132,
number=1,
pages={6--13},
year=1983,
publisher={Elsevier},}
@article{miles1984qualitative,
title={Qualitative data analysis: A sourcebook},
author={Miles, Matthew B and Huberman, A Michael and Saldana, J},
journal={Beverly Hills},
year=1984
}After bibtex-tidy references.bib:
@article{feinberg1983technique,
title = {A technique for radiolabeling DNA restriction endonuclease fragments to high specific activity},
author = {Feinberg, Andrew P and Vogelstein, Bert},
year = 1983,
journal = {Analytical biochemistry},
publisher = {Elsevier},
volume = 132,
number = 1,
pages = {6--13}
}
@article{miles1984qualitative,
title = {Qualitative data analysis: A sourcebook},
author = {Miles, Matthew B and Huberman, A Michael and Saldana, J},
year = 1984,
journal = {Beverly Hills}
}Installation
npm install -g bibtex-tidy
bibtex-tidy references.bibUsage: bibtex-tidy [OPTION]... FILE.BIB
BibTeX Tidy - cleaner and formatter for BibTeX files.
Options:
--help Show help
--omit Remove fields - Remove specified fields from
bibliography entries.
Examples:
--omit=id,name
--curly Enclose values in curly braces - Enclose all property
values in braces. Quoted values will be converted to
braces. For example, "Journal of Tea"
will become {Journal of Tea}.
--numeric Use numeric values where possible - Strip quotes and
braces from numeric/month values. For example, {1998}
will become 1998.
--space Indent with spaces - Prefix all fields with the
specified number of spaces
(ignored if tab is set).
Examples:
--space=2 (default)
--space=4
--tab Indent with tabs - Prefix all fields with a tab.
--align Align values - Insert whitespace between fields and
values so that values are visually aligned.
Examples:
--align=14 (default)
--no-align
--sort Sort bibliography entries - Sort entries by specified
fields. For descending order, prefix the field with a
dash (-).
Examples:
--sort (sort by id)
--sort=-year,name (sort year descending then name
ascending)
--sort=name,year
--duplicates Check for duplicates - If there are duplicates, output
warnings. When using with the `merge` option, this
determines which entries to merge. Two entries are
considered duplicates in the following cases:
- their DOIs are identical,
- their abstracts are identical, or
- their authors and titles are both identical. The
first-most entry is kept and any extra properties from
duplicate entries are incorporated.
Examples:
--duplicates (warn if sharing doi, key, abstract, or
citation)
--duplicates doi (warn if DOIs are identical)
--duplicates key (warn if IDs are identical)
--duplicates abstract (warn if abstracts are similar)
--duplicates citation (warn if author and titles are
similar)
--duplicates doi, key (warn if DOI or keys are
identical)
--merge Merge duplicate entries - Merge duplicates entries. How
duplicates are identified can be set using the
`duplicates` option. There are different ways to merge:
- first: only keep the original entry
- last: only keep the last found duplicate
- combine: keep original entry and merge in fields of
duplicates if they do not already exist
- overwrite: keep original entry and merge in fields of
duplicates, overwriting existing fields if they exist
--strip-enclosing-braces Strip double-braced values - Where an entire value is
enclosed in double braces, remove the extra braces. For
example, {{Journal of Tea}} will become {Journal of
Tea}.
--drop-all-caps Drop all caps - Where values are all caps, make them
title case. For example, {JOURNAL OF TEA} will become
{Journal of Tea}.
--escape Escape special characters - Escape special characters,
such as umlaut. This ensures correct typesetting with
latex.
Examples:
--escape (default)
--no-escape
--sort-fields Sort fields - Sort the fields within entries. If
sort-fields is specified without fields, fields will be
sorted as follows: title, shorttitle, author, year,
month, day, journal, booktitle, location, on, publisher,
address, series, volume, number, pages, doi, isbn, issn,
url, urldate, copyright, category, note, metadata.
Alternatively, you can specify field names delimited by
spaces or commas.
Examples:
--sort-fields=name,author
--strip-comments Remove comments - Remove all comments from the bibtex
source
--trailing-commas End the last key value pair in each entry with a comma
--encode-urls Encode URLs - Replace invalid URL characters with
percent encoded values.
--tidy-comments Tidy comments - Remove whitespace surrounding
--remove-empty-fields Remove any fields that have empty values
--max-authors=NUMBER Maximum authors - truncates authors if above a given
number into "and others".
--lowercase Make field names and entry type lowercase.
Examples:
--lowercase (default)
--no-lowercase (keep original case)
--enclosing-braces Wrap the given fields in double braces, such that case
is preserved when compiling your document.
Examples:
--enclosing-braces=title,journal (output title and
journal fields will be of the form {{This is a title}})
--enclosing-braces (equivalent to
---enclosing-braces=title)
--wrap Wrap values at the given column (80 by default)
--quiet Suppress logs and warnings.
--backup Make a backup <filename>.original
Examples:
--backup (default)
--no-backup (do not create a backup)
Programmatic usage
npm install bibtex-tidy
const tidy = require('bibtex-tidy');
const bibtex = fs.readFileSync('references.bib', 'utf8');
tidy.tidy(bibtex, { curly: true });Documentation for the options can be found here