BibTeX field: editor
How to use the editor field in BibTeX?
The editor field is used to store the list of authors of a work. Multiple authors can be included in this list by using the “and” separator. For a detail explanation of the BibTeX name format have a look at our author field article.
% The King of Rock n' Roll: Elvis Aaron Presley author = "Elvis Aaron Presley" author = "Presley, Elvis Aaron" author = "Presley, Elvis A" author = "Presley, E A" author = "Presley, Elvis" % An example with a suffix author = "Parker, III, Randolph Severn" % An example with a particle author = "Johannes Diderik van der Waals" author = "van der Waals, Johannes Diderik" author = "van der Waals, J D" % Corporate names or names of consortia author = "{Barnes and Noble, Inc.}" author = "{ENCODE consortium}"
How the editor field is used in BibTeX entry types
| BibTeX entry | Description | editor field |
|---|---|---|
| article | Journal article | ╳ |
| book | Book | required |
| booklet | Printed work without a publisher | ╳ |
| inbook | Any section in a book | required |
| incollection | A titled section of a book | optional |
| inproceedings | Conference paper | optional |
| manual | Manual | ╳ |
| mastersthesis | Master's thesis | ╳ |
| misc | Miscellaneous: if nothing else fits | ╳ |
| phdthesis | PhD thesis | ╳ |
| techreport | Technical report or white paper | ╳ |
| unpublished | A work that has not yet been officially published | ╳ |