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My references (article type for sure but perhaps other types too) are not displaying all fields. I use natbib, chapterbib and have a 'custom' bib style, Vancouver which I downloaded from GitHub. My editor is Overleaf.

The issue seems to be related to the order in which entry fields appear in the bib file. This depends on how references are exported from Zotero with better BibTeX. The example entry below shows how Zotero exports an entry.

My understanding was that the order of fields in an entry contained in the bib file is not important as long as the required fields are present. However, the only way I can make all reference fields appear in the bibliography is if I manually alter the their order to match - what I think - is that in the .bst file. i.e, I make sure the order of the fields in a reference entry is author, title, journal, vol, numb, pages, year and note.

I have lots of references so re-ordering fields manually is not a viable option.
I tried to modify how Zotero exports unsuccessfully. Only a few days ago references were showing fine (all fields displayed) so I know that the order of entry fields in the bib file are not the issue.

This is how an article type shows in my bst file (Vancouver.bst)

FUNCTION {article}

{ output.bibitem

  format.authors "author" output.check

  organization empty$

    'skip$

    { author empty$

        {

          format.organizations "organization" output.check

    }

    {

      "; " *

      no.blank.or.punct

          format.organizations "organization" output.check

    }

      if$

    }

  if$

  new.block

  format.title "title" output.check

  type missing$

    { skip$ }

    { format.type "type" output.check }

  if$

  new.block

  journal

  remove.dots

  "journal" bibinfo.check

  "journal" output.check

  format.journal.date "year" output.check

  add.semicolon

  format.vol.num.pages output

  new.block

  format.note output

  output.web.refs  % urlbst

  fin.entry

}

This is an example entry in my bib file (references2.bib)

@article{susilarini_estimated_2018,

  title = {Estimated Incidence of Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Infections in {{Indonesia}}, 2013-2016},

  volume = {12},

  issn = {1750-2659},

  note = "doi{10.1111/irv.12496}",

  language = {eng},

  journal = {Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses},

  author = {Susilarini, Ni K. and Haryanto, Edy and Praptiningsih, Catharina Y. and Mangiri, Amalya and Kipuw, Natalie and Tarya, Irmawati and Rusli, Roselinda and Sumardi, Gestafiana and Widuri, Endang and Sembiring, Masri M. and Noviyanti, Widya and Widaningrum, Christina and Lafond, Kathryn E. and Samaan, Gina and Setiawaty, Vivi},

  year = {2018},

  keywords = {surveillance,influenza,severe acute respiratory infection,disease burden,Indonesia},

  pages = {81-87},

  pmid = {29205865}

}

and this is how it displays in the tex file

Estimated Incidence of Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Infections in Indonesia, 2013-2016;12.

As you can see, authors, journal, numb, pages, year and doi are missing.

I created this MWE is but it does not reproduce the problem. So if the problem is somewhere else, where should I start looking?

documentclass{report}

usepackage[round, numbers, semicolon, sectionbib]{natbib}

usepackage{doi}

usepackage{chapterbib}



begin{document}

renewcommand{bibname}{References}

makeatletter 

renewcommand@biblabel[1]{#1} 

makeatother



Here i cite cite{susilarini_estimated_2018}



bibliographystyle{vancouver.bst} 

bibliography{references2.bib}



end{document}

From the comments I see you're trying to add a clickable DOI in your BibTeX exports; if you're using Zotero BetterBibTeX (and it looks like you do), you can achieve this by adding this postscript to the BBT preferences:

if (Translator.BetterBibTeX && item.DOI) {

  this.add({ name: 'note', bibtex: `{\doi{${this.enc_verbatim(item.DOI)}}}` })

}

the postscripts are written in javascript, and you have to know the internal ZBBT API to use it, but generally people just request postscripts and I write them for them; the above means

• If and only if the reference is being exported as BibTeX and has a DOI field, then


• add a field 'note', with contents literal bibtex contents {doi{...}},


• with ... being the DOI, escaped where necessary according to the bibtex verbatim rules