Take the 2-minute tour ×  this one looks like a question that
should be solved just reading the package manual, but oddly I
couldn't solve it neither that way.  I'm using natbib for a
Author-Date bibliography style. I understood the difference
between \citet and \citep. But I can't understand the difference
between \citet and the plain \cite.  Are they equal? Should I
change all the \cite in \citet? (when I started writing I was
using the classical Vancouver style without natbib). Apparently
the outputs of cite and citet look exactly the same...  Thank
you, bye!  share|improve this question  1 Answer 1  up vote 7
down vote accepted  The behavior of \cite{<key>} with natbib
depends on the citation format (numerical vs. author-year) of
the bibliography style in use. Thus, the results can be
inconsistent (if you switch styles) and it's best to convert to
\citet and \citep as appropriate.  From natbib (v8.31b)
documentation, page 6:  Both \citep and \citet are defined by
natbib and are thus not standard. The stan