Hyperlinking to a bibitem in LaTeX - hyperlink

Question

Here is a minimum working example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{natbib,xspace}
\usepackage[colorlinks,citecolor=blue,linkcolor=blue]{hyperref}
\newcommand{\BOGOS}{\hyperlink{BriEtal18a}{BOGOS}\xspace}
\begin{document}
In this article we reference \cite{BriEtal18a} many times. I want to create the shortcut \BOGOS that will still link to the reference in the bibliography. This does not work yet.
\begin{thebibliography}{}
\bibitem[Briol et~al., 2018]{BriEtal18a}
Briol, F.-X., Oates, C.~J., Griolami, M., Osborne, M.~A., and Sejdinovic, D.
(2018+).
\newblock Probabilistic integration: A role in statistical computation?
\newblock {\em Statist.\ Sci.}
\newblock to appear.
\end{thebibliography}
\end{document}
If one clicks on the hyperlink for the citation it sends you to the reference. If one clicks on my abbreviation, nothing happens. I need to know what the right label is. Can you help?

Answer 1

Since you're using natbib, you can define a citation alias which will be displayed instead of the regular \cite:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage[colorlinks,citecolor=blue,linkcolor=blue]{hyperref}
\defcitealias{BriEtal18a}{BOGOS}% Define a citation alias
\newcommand{\BOGOS}{\citetalias{BriEtal18a}}% Use shorthand
\begin{document}
In this article we reference \citet{BriEtal18a} many times.
I want to create the shortcut \BOGOS{} that will still link to the reference in the bibliography.
\begin{thebibliography}{}
\bibitem[Briol et~al., 2018]{BriEtal18a}
Briol, F.-X., Oates, C.~J., Griolami, M., Osborne, M.~A., and Sejdinovic, D.
(2018+).
\newblock Probabilistic integration: A role in statistical computation?
\newblock {\itshape Statist.\ Sci.}
\newblock to appear.
\end{thebibliography}
\end{document}