hyperlinks with sphinxcontrib-bibtex

build.sh

sphinx-build -b html -d _build/doctrees -D latex_paper_size=letter  . _build/html
sphinx-build -b html -d _build/doctrees -D latex_paper_size=letter  . _build/html

conf.py

extensions = [ 'sphinxcontrib.bibtex'   ]

source_suffix = '.rst'
master_doc = 'index'
project = u'example'
copyright = u'Public Domain'
release = '1.0'

exclude_trees = ['_build']

index.rst

Example doc

See the work of :cite:`Author2016` for more information.

References

.. bibliography:: refs.bib
   :list: enumerated
   :style: unsrt

index_snippet.html

 <div class="section" id="example-doc">
<h1>Example doc<a class="headerlink" href="#example-doc" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>See the work of [Author2016] for more information.</p>
<p class="rubric">References</p>
<ol class="arabic simple" id="bibtex-bibliography-index-0" start="1">
<li>A.&nbsp;B. Author and X.&nbsp;Y. Another. Really neat findings. <em>Journal of Choice</em>, 6(1):121–128, 2016.</li>
</ol>
</div>

refs.bib

@article{Author2016,
Author = {Author, A. B. and Another, X. Y.},
Title = {Really neat findings},
Journal = {Journal of Choice},
Year = 2016,
Volume = 6,
Number = 1,
Pages = {121--128},
}