This is what I use:

[auth][year:(unk)][shorttitle:abbr:upper]

The addition of UNK is used for citations of unknown date.  An 
example=20
key generated is Barichievy2013DMS.

On Jun 30 2015 6:29 AM, Jon Åge Stakvik wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> First a problem description:
>
> I have been using jabref for a while now, and like it really much. 
> However,
> I struggle with customizing  the BibTeX key generator the way I want 
> it. I
> would like to create a key on the following form:
>
> [author][year][First letter of the three first words]
>
> First I thought that I could do this by a combination of :abbr and 
> title or
> shorttitle, but it does not give the wanted result. I have also tried 
> using
> the regular expression environment for replacing parts of the key 
> (for
> instance when using the title command), but it seem to work in a 
> different
> way than other regex tools I have used before.
>
> Does anyone know if there are any method of automatically generate 
> the
> BibTeX key in this way, or does it need more features from Jabref? I 
> would
> greatly appreciate an answer in either direction.
>
> Best Regards,
> Jon Åge Stakvik
>
> 
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