Hello.

I hope you are doing well.
Last week we completed the thesis defense, and one of the recommendations from the jury was to adjust the citation style so that the references appear in numerical format.

I would like to ask whether the Overleaf template we are using provides a way to implement this change. Could you please advise me on how to modify the bibliography settings in the template so that the citation style corresponds to the jury’s requirements?

Thank you in advance for your guidance.

Kind regards

Boa tarde a todos,
apenas queria saber como editar o cabeçalho do LaTeX, versão 2025-05-25 [7.3.7].

Hello,

I'm writing my thesis using the Novathesis template.

I have two questions: 1) compliance with the institution and 2) using the template as an editor in an IDE.

1) I need to add a few more fields, such as a list of publications, a preface, an author biography, and a cover page. I can simply comment on the template's cover page and upload my own as a PDF, but I'd like to do it myself if I have the time. The other elements I'm really don't know.

2) To speed up writing, I'm using the latest version of IntelliJ IDEA from JetBrains, with the updated TeXiFy plugin. The document compiles perfectly. However, one feature of the plugin doesn't work: autocompletion of references in the bibliography when using \cite{};

The editor also gives a warning about unresolved references, which means the IDE isn't detecting the .bib file. In another document of mine, this works; I just do \addbibresource{path_to_bibliography/bibliography.bib}, and this functionality behaves as expected. I assume the plugin simply doesn't support classes other than the usual ones, or doesn't detect the command because it's implemented indirectly;

I wanted to ask if there's a way to make this work.

I'd thank anyone who could help me.

(Edit: fix format)

I did this style file by request of a user of the LATEX template novathesis. He was quite thorough, double and triple checking that the output was conforming to the requirements of his University (Faculty of Veterinary from the University of Lisbon). Although this biblatex-cse style served the requirements from his University, there may still be some unconformities to the CSE style. If you find any, please open an issue in the project’s page on GitHub or, even better, submit a pull request.

Available in CTAN and GitHub.

I just launched a new release of the NOVAthesis LaTeX template: version 7.2.1

The NOVAthesis template can be downloaded from GitHub or used in Overrleaf.

NOVAthesis is an open-source LaTeX template designed for creating theses, dissertations, and similar documents. It supports over 30 academic institutions and degrees, making it suitable for both LaTeX beginners and experts. Its user-friendly design is ideal for newcomers, while its flexibility appeals to experienced users. Additionally, NOVAthesis offers a wide range of options to meet the diverse needs of its large user community. With ongoing improvements based on user feedback, NOVAthesis has become a powerful tool for academic writing.

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4. I want to also comply with these guidelines from my university on LaTeX

a. A page size of A4 (210 by 297 mm)

b. Left and right margins: 0.98 top and bottom: 1, justified

c. One-and-a-half spacing

d. Times New Roman 12 point as the base font

e. Page numbers at the bottom of the page and at the center

f. Printed on both sides; so, Gutter 0.5

The version 7.1.18 of the NOVAthesis template is now available in Overleaf.

One year ago I did patch the BibLaTeX authoryear format to comply to the CSE style (both citations and bibliography). Today I extracted the relevant part of the patch and prepared a sty file (biblatex-cse.sty) and packed it properly in a project in GitHub.

If you use it, or simply if you like it, give it a star. Thanks.

Check out the NOVAtheis wiki.

(The wiki edition is public and all contributions/suggestions are welcome!)

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Que funcionalidade é que gostavam de ter disponível no template NOVAthesis e não está lá?

Por exemplo, em tempos entregava-se uma cópia da tese em CD, e havia um módulo para desenhar a capa do CD…. Agora isso já não faz sentido.
Outro exemplo seriam um Script (para Unix/Linux) que apaga tudo o que não é relevante para uma determinada Escola/Grau. Por exemplo: "delete_all_except nova/ims/mgt".
Há mais sugestões? Ou alguém tem coisas que queira partilhar?

Welcome to the NOVAthesis LaTeX thesis/dissertation template community.The template is available in both GitHub and Overleaf (please notice that the Overleaf version is slightly outdated, and I advise you to download the latest version from GitHib and upload it to Overleaf as a new project).