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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. 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

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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:
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:
Supported locator prefixes: Multiple locators can be combined:

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Adding notes

Add a custom note to a citation:

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Author control

Suppress author — prefix the cite key with - when the author is already mentioned in the text:
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:
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:

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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:
Short aliases:
The bibliography collects all cited sources and formats them according to the configured citation style.
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.