How to cite an arXiv paper with DOI

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Short answer. Every arXiv paper has a DOI of the form 10.48550/arXiv.ID. Cite the arXiv version with the identifier and year, and if a journal version exists, cite that instead and mention the preprint.

Formats

  • BibTeX
@misc{mialon2023gaia,
  title={GAIA: a benchmark for General AI Assistants},
  author={Mialon, Grégoire and others},
  year={2023},
  eprint={2311.12983},
  archivePrefix={arXiv},
  primaryClass={cs.CL},
  doi={10.48550/arXiv.2311.12983}
}

Details

  • The abs page has an "Export BibTeX Citation" link with the canonical entry.
  • Versions: cite 2311.12983v2 when the version matters; DOIs resolve to the latest.
  • Journal references appear in the abs page's "Journal-ref" field when authors add them.

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