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The Citations panel lets you manage all bibliography sources for your document. You can add citations manually, look them up by DOI or ISBN, or bulk-import from CSL-JSON and BibTeX files. Each citation is referenced in your text using the @[id] syntax.
Citations sidebar panel

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Adding a citation

Click the Add button to open the citation dialog. There are two ways to fill in the details:
  1. Auto-fill via DOI or ISBN — enter a DOI (e.g., 10.1000/xyz123) or ISBN (e.g., 978-3-16-148410-0) in the lookup bar at the top and press Enter. The citation fields are populated automatically.
  2. Manual entry — fill in the fields yourself.
Add citation dialog with DOI/ISBN lookup

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Citation fields

Each citation requires an ID and a Type. All other fields are optional but recommended for proper bibliography formatting.
FieldDescriptionExample
IDUnique identifier used in @[id] syntaxsmith2023
TypeSource typeBook, Journal Article, Webpage, Thesis, etc.
TitleTitle of the workIntroduction to Algorithms
AuthorFamily and given nameSmith, John
YearPublication year2023
PublisherPublisher nameMIT Press
Expand More Options to access additional fields: Container Title (journal/book), Volume, Issue, Pages, ISBN, ISSN, Edition, Editor, Place of Publication, DOI, and URL.

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Supported source types

TypeUse for
BookMonographs, textbooks
Journal ArticlePapers published in academic journals
Book ChapterChapters within edited volumes
WebpageOnline resources
ThesisPhD or master’s theses
ReportTechnical reports
Conference PaperPapers presented at conferences

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Importing citations

Click the Import button to bulk-import citations. The import dialog supports two methods:

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File upload

Upload a CSL-JSON (.json) or BibTeX (.bib) file. The parser automatically detects the format.

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Paste text

Switch to the Paste Text tab and paste CSL-JSON or BibTeX data directly.
Import citations from CSL-JSON or BibTeX
After parsing, a preview shows all found citations. You can:
  • Select/deselect individual citations to import
  • Skip existing citations (default) or replace them with the imported version
  • Review any errors (e.g., duplicate IDs within the import file) or warnings (e.g., citation already exists in your document)
Most reference managers (Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, etc.) can export your library as BibTeX or CSL-JSON. This is the fastest way to get your citations into Autype.

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Using citations in your document

To reference a citation in your text, use the @[id] syntax: 
This has been shown in previous research @[smith2023].
Citation usage in the editor
You can quickly copy the @[id] syntax for any citation by hovering over it in the panel and clicking the copy button.

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Citations with locators

Add page numbers, chapters, or other locators after the cite key: 
@[smith2023, p. 42]
@[smith2023, pp. 42-45]
@[smith2023, ch. 3]
@[smith2023, sec. 2.1]
@[smith2023, vol. 2]
Supported locator prefixes:
PrefixDescription
p.Single page
pp.Page range
ch.Chapter number
sec.Section number
vol.Volume number
Multiple locators can be combined: 
@[smith2023, vol. 2, pp. 42-45]
@[smith2023, ch. 3, p. 15]

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Adding notes

Add a custom note to a citation: 
@[smith2023, p. 42, note="emphasis added"]
@[jones2022, note="translated by the author"]

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Author control

Suppress author — prefix the cite key with - when the author is already mentioned in the text: 
Smith @[-smith2023, p. 42] showed that...
This renders as: Smith (2023, p. 42) instead of Smith (Smith, 2023, p. 42). Author only (narrative mode) — append ! to the cite key to show only the author name: 
@[smith2023!] showed that the effect is significant @[smith2023, p. 42].
This renders as: Smith showed that the effect is significant (Smith, 2023, p. 42).

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Citation style

The citation style determines how in-text citations and the bibliography are formatted. You can change the style in the Styles panel under the document defaults section.
Changing the citation style in the Style Editor
Available presets:
PresetStyle
APA 7American Psychological Association, 7th edition (default)
HarvardAuthor-date style commonly used in the UK
IEEENumbered style used in engineering and computer science
ChicagoChicago Manual of Style
MLAModern Language Association
VancouverNumbered style used in biomedical sciences

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Bibliography

To insert an automatic bibliography that lists all cited sources, use the Indices button in the toolbar and select Bibliography. The directive syntax is: 
::bibliography{title="References"}
Short aliases: 
::bib{title="References"}
::references{title="Literaturverzeichnis"}
The bibliography collects all cited sources and formats them according to the configured citation style.
AttributeValuesDescription
titleStringTitle displayed above the bibliography
The bibliography only includes sources that are actually cited in the document using @[id]. Sources that are defined in the panel but never referenced are not included.