Bibliography doesn't get printed when using biblatex and \nocite{*}

[vinograd0v]

Biblatex:

There is an issue that occurs when using biblatex and not making any citation in the entire document, basically it does not print the bibliography and the "\nocite{}" command does not work. Once we make at least one citation in the entire document, the "\nocite{ }" command works and the problem is fixed. However, if we do not want to make any citation in the entire document, a quick solution for this is to make a phantom citation, that is, one that does not affect the final document but solves the problem. To do this, we implement the following in our .tex file:

\newcommand{\phantomcite}[1]{
    \phantom{\cite{#1}}
    \nocite{*}
}

So at the end of our document, before using "\printbibliography", we put the command "\phantomcite{"here put any citation from your references"}" and that will solve the problem. This command executes a phantom citation and is followed by the "\nocite{*}" command, so it will no longer be necessary to use it.

• Example:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{biblatex}

\newcommand{\phantomcite}[1]{
    \phantom{\cite{#1}}
    \nocite{*}
}

\addbibresource{sample.bib}

\begin{document}

Test. 

\phantomcite{dirac}

\printbibliography
\end{document}

Another way to fix the problem is before using "\nocite{*}" put "nocite{"some of your reference"}":

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{biblatex}

\addbibresource{sample.bib}

\begin{document}

Test. 

\nocite{dirac}
\nocite{*}

\printbibliography
\end{document}

As mentioned earlier, the problem is related to "\nocite{*}". In this solution, it is not necessary to add the "\phantomcite" from the previous solution.

• IMPORTANT: If you compile your project and it generates the bibliography and you make changes to it, you may need to delete the generated files and compile again. Otherwise, the bibliography may not change. The corresponding file is the one with the extension .bbl in our files folder.

[vinograd0v]

That's a quickly solutions

[vinograd0v]

You can check

https://github.com/mmanosalva/SublimeTeX