Take the tour ×  IEEE conferences want references which
abbreviate certain words, like:    • International -> Int.   •
Conference -> Conf.   • etc...  I realize that IEEEabrv.bib
provides similar functionality, but that requires changing the
booktitle/journal entry in the bibtex file, something Mendeley
(my reference manager) cannot do.  Is there a way to do string
replacement in a bibliography through bibtex? I could write a
script which has the same effect, but I would rather specify
things internally (so they can be changed for different
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Answer  up vote 2 down vote accepted  I do this a lot. In the
.bst file, I create a bunch of macros, like  MACRO {jap}
{"J.~Appl.\ Phys."} MACRO {sep} {"September"}  I also have
auxilliary bib files set up with definitions like statesfull.bib
@STRING{ut.us = "Utah"}  or statespostal.bib  @STRING{ut.us =
"UT"}  Then, in my bib files, entries would appear as
AUTHOR  = "Segletes, S. B.",     TITLE   = {Further E