Hi all, shouldn't this work in mkiv as well? It does work in mkii. In mkiv, I see in the log file publications : warning: cite argument * is unknown on line 175 so it looks like it's interpreting the \nocite[*] literally. Any thoughts on this? All best Thomas \setuppublicationlist[samplesize={vdORW06},totalnumber=2] \startpublication[k=arafatpausanias,t=book, a={{Arafat}},y=1996, n=1,s=Ara96] \author[]{Karim~W.}[K.~W.]{}{Arafat} \pubyear{1996} \title{Pausanias' Greece: Ancient Artists and Roman Rulers} \city{Cambridge (Engl.)} \pubname{Cambridge UP} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=sidebottompausanias,t=article, a={{Sidebottom}},y=2002, n=8,s=Sid02] \artauthor[]{Harry}[H.]{}{Sidebottom} \pubyear{2002} \arttitle{Pausanias: Past, Present, and Closure} \journal{Classical Quarterly} \volume{52} \pages{494--499} \stoppublication \setuppublications [state=start, sorttype=bbl, criterium=all, numbering=yes] \setuppublicationlist[criterium=all] \starttext \section{References} \nocite[*] \placepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext