I have a specific problem. I have an edited book I am referencing. The editor has also authored the introduction, a glossary as well as a couple of chapters. If I refence the whole book first and then a chapter written by the author my first reference is Seale 2018b and the second is Seale 2018a .
Is the only way around this to be more exact and reference the preamble as a section in an edited book e.g Seale, C. (2018) Preamble In: C. Seale 2018 (ed) …
Most publishers define the order of the a b as how it will be listed in the bibliography, and not the order it is cited in the document. So b coming before a is not uncommon. There are tricks to overcome it, but is it really necessary?