This is strange: When I setup a list with
\setuppublications[alternative=apa]
I get a blank reference list.
When I use this (non existent file) line instead
\setuppublications[alternative=not-existing]
context complains about not finding bibl-not-existing but I get a reference list! I'll try with a minimal example.
Unfortunately I cannot reproduce this behaviour with a minimal example. Still I have the problem with the empty list (in section "Cited references"): \setupbibtex[database=sample] \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \starttext \cite[hh2010a] \cite[hh2010a] \cite[Eijkhout1991] \section{Cited references} \placepublications \placepublications[criterium=cite] \section{All references} \placepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext A problem related to \placepublications[criterium=cite] was reported by Mojca on 2010-11-27. But then the issue was inverted: complete list instead of only the cited references. Best, Florian