[texhax] referencing with [] texhax Digest, Vol 2008, Issue 315

[Simmie, John]

>Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 15:19:29 -0500 (EST)
>From: "brobinso at tfn.net" <brobinso at tfn.net>
>Subject: [texhax] referencing
<To: texhax at tug.org
>Hello.  A journal requires an unusual referencing scheme.  They want 
>citations numbered, inline, with square brackets, corresponding to 
>citations in the reference section.  An example:

>Einstein defended the theory of special relativity [1].  He also blah 
>blah...
>...
...

>References
> [1] Einstein 1945, Journal of molecular physics, pg 14-35.

This is not that unusual ... it is in fact widely used in
science/engineering
journals.  The simplest approach is not to bother with bibtex but simply
use

relativity \cite{key}. ...

\begin{thebibliography}[99]

\bibitem{key} Einstein, A. 1945 ...
....