use the better bibtex citekey when exporting the bibliography using the bibtex style

[JJJHolscher]

Unfortunately, there is no better bibtex csl style that I can find. The main point of better bibtex is to get good citekeys, but the generic bibtex style you can select in zotero does not use the better bibtex citekey.

So, I edited the generic bibtex style and made a csl file that uses the better bibtex citekey instead of the generic citekey. Here it is: better-bibtex.csl.txt (be sure to remove the .txt suffix after downloading).

To use it

• in zotero go to Edit > Settings > Cite and click the +
• click the better-bibtex.csl file you downloaded here
• in obsidian go to settings > Zotero Integration and scroll to "Bibliography Style"
• there type better-bibtex

now, the {{bibliography}} part in your template should be populated with bibtex that uses the Better Bibtex citekey

[JJJHolscher]

This was just a PSA. Though feel free to share any custom csl's for bibtex here. (Though explain what they do, preferably with a screenshot because I'm not going to install and test them otherwise)