How to Cite a Paper in the Cryptology ePrint Archive

Authors should cite the original work if it is published elsewhere. If at all possible, use the DOI for the paper to identify it uniquely.

For simplicity and maximum utility, we recommend using the following:

      @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}
      }

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 Unfortunately, BibTeX is now an ancient and outdated format that has not adapted well to the web or modern publishing practices.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 misc.

The standard optional fields for misc are author, title, howpublished, month, year, and note. Some styles also recognize publisher or the nonstandard url field. Until BibTeX formats are replaced by something better, we will have to keep guessing on the correct format. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯