Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Babel loads after the preamble, so if it redefines \refname, that would > be the culprit.
It loads at the end of the preamble.
\AtBeginDocument{%
\renewcommand{\refname}{%
\rmfamily\mdseries\begin{center}References\end{center}
}
}
should do.
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