Hi,

Mendeley might append an 'a' to a citation if it detects duplicates or style issues. Even after checking for duplicates, conflicts might still arise. Ensure you're using the correct citation style from Mendeley's 'Citation Styles' menu. If issues persist, you can manually adjust the citation in Mendeley Cite and refresh citations in Word thereafter. Always ensure the accuracy of citation details in Mendeley to avoid errors.

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Mendeley is a reference management software that helps you organize and cite your research sources in various citation styles. If Mendeley is adding an 'a' to the end of a citation unnecessarily, it could be due to a few reasons:

To address this issue:

Remember that Mendeley's behavior can sometimes depend on how you've set up your reference library and the specific metadata provided by the sources you're importing from. Taking care to manage your references and maintain consistency will help prevent unnecessary 'a' additions in your citations.

Mendeley citation style typically adds the 'a' suffix to a citation when there are multiple references with the same author and date within the citation style. This is done to differentiate between the different sources.

To resolve this issue, you can try one of the following solutions:

Check your Mendeley library for any duplicates or incorrect information. Ensure that each reference is unique and has the correct author name and publication date.

Modify the citation style in Mendeley to remove the 'a' suffix. This can be done by editing the citation style in Mendeley and removing the suffix from the relevant field.

Use a different citation style that does not add the 'a' suffix. This can be done by selecting a different citation style in Mendeley.

Yes, new Mendeley adds a letter because somehow there are duplicates of your references, in theory. I checked multiple times for duplicates and all my references are ok. So, how to fix it? If only manually override is the answer, then, Mendeley should fix that bug.

I Faced this week the same problem and I exhausted myself till I found the solution

After updating and correcting duplicates

(((you should delete any citations recorded or inserted in your word file before trying again to insert any citation after correcting the duplications))

This is because the word file has the memory of the duplicated citations and is still noticing two copies of your cited paper and not updated properly from the Mendeley manager

Best of Luck