Often when writing, I need to define an acronym with a citation. For example:

One popular statistic is the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC; Schwarz, 1978).

Unfortunately, I cannot get this to render correctly with citeproc. Here are a few iterations I have tried:

One popular statistic is the Bayesian Information Criterion [BIC; @schwarz-1978].

One popular statistic is the Bayesian Information Criterion [BIC; Schwarz (1978)].

One popular statistic is the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC; Schwarz [-@bic])

One popular statistic is the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC; Schwarz (1978)).

One popular statistic is the Bayesian Information Criterion [BIC, @bic]

One popular statistic is the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC, Schwarz, 1978).

The last example is the closest, but I have to use a comma after the acronym instead of a semi-colon. I believe this is because the semi-colon is normally used to separate citation keys, and in this case the first item is an acronym, not a citation key. Is it possible to include an acronym with a citation in this way?

You could try escaping the semi-colon.

bib.bib Contents

@article{bic,
  title={Estimating the dimension of a model},
  author={Schwarz, G.},
  journal={The Annals of Statistics},
  volume={6},
  pages={461-464},
  year={1978}
}

Quarto Contents

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title: "Citation Acronym Example"
format: html
editor: visual
bibliography: bib.bib
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# Desired Output

One popular statistic is the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC; Schwarz, 1978).

# Escaping Backslash

One popular statistic is the Bayesian Information Criterion [BIC\; @bic]

Result

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