# In-text brackets

**URL:** <https://community.endnote.com/t/in-text-brackets/315334>\
**Category:** EndNote Styles, Filters, and Connections\
**Created:** [July 22, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/in-text-brackets/315334 "2011-07-22T17:22:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![testuser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@testuser](https://community.endnote.com/u/testuser)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/in-text-brackets/315334/1 "2011-07-22T17:22:08Z")

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Hi,

I’m using for my thesis and have the following problem: I want to cite publications in text and put only the year in brackets. However, every time I am updating my reference list the bracket in front of the year is deleted (since it is in the citation itself).

Example: In his influential article, Cox (1972) outlines… - is what I want

In his influential article, Cox 1972) outlines… - is what I get

Does anyone know how I can keep the brackets? Is there any other possibility beside creating two different styles for citing a) the author as a person in a sentence and b) the publication as a whole?

Thanks for any hints!

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**Author:** ![testuser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@testuser](https://community.endnote.com/u/testuser)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/in-text-brackets/315334/3 "2011-07-27T08:11:30Z")

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Thanks a lot! I was still using X4, which doesn’t have the option that you described. With X5 everything is working perfectly fine.

Thanks!