Sometimes when we are writing documents (e.g., for some applications), where it may require a list of recent publications – in this case, we need to list the references without citing it in the text body. The solution is:
Use \nocite{keyname} for a single input in the references without marking it in the document. To mark any key in the .bib file use \nocite{*}
write \nocite{*} for all entries in the bib data file or \nocite{key} for a single one, which is not cited in the text. Place these commands anywhere in your text body. I prefer the place before printing the bib.
For example:
%myrefbib.bib
@misc{abc,
author = "NAME",
date = "YEAR",
howpublished = "ACM Digital"
}
%example.tex
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\nocite{abc}
\bibliographystyle{alpha}
\bibliography{myrefbib}
\end{document}