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If at all possible, use the DOI for the paper to identify it uniquely. </p> <p> For simplicity and maximum utility, we recommend using the following: </p> <pre> @misc{cryptoeprint:1990/001, author = {Alice Author and Bob Believer}, title = {A New Unbreakable Cryptosystem}, howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 1990/001}, year = {1990}, doi = {10.46586/tosc.v2021.i3.137-169}, note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/1990/001}}, url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/1990/001} } </pre> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-4"> If you want to link directly to this paper, please use a URL like: </div> <div class="col-12 col-lg-8 mb-3"> <span class="font-monospace">https://eprint.iacr.org/1990/001</span> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-4"> If you want to link directly to a specific version of a paper, please use a URL like: </div> <div class="col-12 col-lg-8 mb-3"> <span class="font-monospace">https://eprint.iacr.org/archive/1990/001/19901202:142217</span> </div> </div> <hr> <p> BibTeX is both a database format and a binary accompanying LaTeX that can be used to process BibTeX files. Unfortunately, BibTeX is now an ancient and outdated format that has not adapted well to the web or modern publishing practices. The only BibTeX entry type that accurately matches the Cryptology ePrint archive is <span class="font-monospace">misc</span>. The official description says that <span class="font-monospace">misc</span> has no required fields, and the following optional fields: <span class="font-monospace">author</span>, <span class="font-monospace">title</span>, <span class="font-monospace">howpublished</span>, <span class="font-monospace">month</span>, <span class="font-monospace">year</span>, and <span class="font-monospace">note</span>. </p> <p> Some BibTeX styles might recognize other fields for <span class="font-monospace">misc</span>, such as <span class="font-monospace">publisher</span> field. It's not obvious where to put a URL, and different BibTeX styles will behave differently. Some styles might also recognize the nonstandard <span class="font-monospace">url</span> field. <a href="https://www.acm.org/publications/authors/bibtex-formatting">ACM</a> mentions the nonstandard <span class="font-monospace">online</span> type. ACM also suggests using the following for arxiv.org: </p> <pre> @article{hep-ph/9609357, Author = {Martin Beneke and Gerhard Buchalla and Isard Dunietz}, Title = {Mixing-induced CP Asymmetries in Inclusive $B$ Decays}, Year = {1996}, Eprint = {arXiv:hep-ph/9609357}, doi = {10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01648-6}, } </pre> <p> This omits the URL entirely. 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