citeyear

citeyear is a LaTeX package used for managing citations in academic documents. It provides a specific citation style where the year of publication is prominently displayed alongside the author's name. This style is particularly common in certain academic disciplines and journals.

The package is designed to be integrated with BibTeX or BibLaTeX, popular tools for managing bibliographies in LaTeX. Users typically create a .bib file containing bibliographic information for their sources. citeyear then uses this information to format citations within the LaTeX document according to the specified year-prominent style.

To use citeyear, a user would include it in their LaTeX preamble using the command \usepackage{citeyear}. The specific commands for citing references within the text are similar to other citation packages, often using commands like \cite{key} or \autocite{key}, depending on the underlying bibliography management system being used.

The primary benefit of citeyear is its ability to enforce a consistent and recognizable citation format. This can be important for meeting the specific requirements of publishers or academic institutions. While it offers a specific stylistic choice, users who prefer other citation styles, such as author-page or numerical citations, would typically use different LaTeX packages. The package's functionality is focused solely on achieving the author-year citation format.