# Sort citations by year

**URL:** <https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/sort-citations-by-year/207>\
**Category:** CSL Development\
**Created:** [August 31, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/sort-citations-by-year/207 "2006-08-31T15:39:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johan\_Kool2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Johan\_Kool2](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Johan_Kool2)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/sort-citations-by-year/207/1 "2006-08-31T15:39:07Z")

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Is it possible to sort citations by year? I need to have a group of  
citations to be sorted by year (ascending). E.g. (Kool, 1997,  
D’Arcus, 1998, Kornblith, 2004) vs. (D’Arcus, 1998, Kool, 1997,  
Kornblith, 2004).

Is this similar to name-as-sort-order? I don’t quite understand the  
explanation given with it in the schema notes.

Johan—  
[http://www.johankool.nl/](http://www.johankool.nl/)

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Bruce_D_Arcus1)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/sort-citations-by-year/207/2 "2006-08-31T16:19:55Z")

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Good question, and we need to address it.

By default, I asume in citeproc that citations are sorted by  
author-date in the author-date style.

Am open to suggestions on how to address this, but am busy at the  
moment, so have to go.

Bruce

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Bruce_D_Arcus1)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/sort-citations-by-year/207/3 "2006-08-31T16:22:16Z")

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**Author:** ![Simon\_Kornblith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Simon\_Kornblith](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Simon_Kornblith)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/sort-citations-by-year/207/4 "2006-08-31T17:31:47Z")

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Maybe just add to the element?

Simon

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Bruce_D_Arcus1)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/sort-citations-by-year/207/5 "2006-08-31T19:16:48Z")

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Yeah, that’s the sensible approach.

I’m still wondering whether we need fully configurable sorting, BTW.

Bruce