booktitle

Booktitle is a metadata field used in bibliographic records to specify the title of the larger work in which a given item appears, such as a book, an edited volume, or conference proceedings. It represents the container or source work that holds a specific part, and it is distinct from the title of the part itself (for example, a chapter or article).

In BibTeX and BibLaTeX, booktitle is used for entries that describe parts of a larger work, such as inproceedings (papers in conference proceedings) and incollection (chapters in edited volumes). For these entries, the field booktitle stores the title of the container, while the title field stores the title of the part being cited. Other bibliographic details, such as editors, publishers, and year, describe the container or the overall work.

Examples:

@inproceedings{sample01,

author={Doe, John and Roe, Jane},

title={An Example Paper},

booktitle={Proceedings of the Example Conference},

year={2023},

organization={Example Society}

}

@incollection{sample02,

author={Smith, Alex},

title={A Subchapter Title},

booktitle={Edited Volume Title: Advances in Sample Research},

editor={Brown, Emily and Green, Lee},

year={2021}

}

In other formats, the equivalent concept may be expressed with different tags (for instance, a Book Title field in RIS or similar). Correct use of booktitle helps readers identify the exact larger work that contains a cited part, and it supports accurate formatting by citation styles.