Timeline for Is it acceptable to ask for the original bibtex file of a paper?
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| Nov 16, 2020 at 1:46 | comment | added | BlueElephant | It would be inconvenient for me to share the .bib file in my publications. The reason is that I have a huge .bib file with all the papers that I am using / have used / am interested in, and use it as source for all my Latex files. The .tex, of course, should always be shared instead. | |
| Oct 17, 2017 at 21:31 | vote | accept | High GPA | ||
| Oct 4, 2017 at 16:47 | comment | added | High GPA | (upvote) Works! | |
| Oct 2, 2017 at 19:33 | history | edited | David Z | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 2, 2017 at 18:35 | comment | added | Gabriel | @Carol I've never added any comments or notes to my .bib files, but if that's the case removing them can not be such a time consuming task. If it indeed is, then sure, you are not obligated to take the time. | |
| Oct 2, 2017 at 17:32 | comment | added | Carol | @Gabriel - sure, unless it appears to take some time to prepare the bib file for it to be 'ready' for random consumption. (remove extraneous items, or at least check and get rid of any 'review' or 'note' comments associated with entries that might not be notations that one would want distribute. | |
| Oct 2, 2017 at 16:13 | comment | added | Gabriel | I agree, this has to be related to the expectation of different fields of research. It is such a reasonable and simple request, I can not imagine anyone saying "no, I will not send you the .bib file of the article, even though the article is already published". | |
| Oct 1, 2017 at 18:30 | comment | added | David Z |
@Elizabeth FWIW the .bib files are often not included in the source uploaded to arXiv.
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| Oct 1, 2017 at 18:26 | comment | added | tomasz | @ElizabethHenning: my point is, I don't see what the big deal is about making it publicly available in the first place. That or sending a copy to someone. This is of course different if you don't have access to the source for whatever reasons, but otherwise... | |
| Oct 1, 2017 at 15:28 | comment | added | Elizabeth Henning | @tomasz Sure, if it's already available either on arxiv.org or because the author posts the source themselves, the question is moot. But presumably the situation here is that the source has not been made publicly available. | |
| Oct 1, 2017 at 9:58 | comment | added | tomasz | This. I actually do make sources of my papers freely available on my website, .tex and .bib files both. I honestly have no idea why anyone would make a fuss about it. I sometimes do look at .tex files of other people's papers (on arXiv) to see how they typeset something. Sure, sometimes I found slightly embarrassing hacks, but it's not such a big deal. ;-) | |
| Oct 1, 2017 at 3:13 | history | answered | David Z | CC BY-SA 3.0 |