Hi, When a \cite command is placed in a frontmatter or bodymatter it prints [[error 2]] as citation and no bibliography is created. This only occurs when the \cite command is called from another component. \cite calls from within the same file work, even inside a frontmatter. Example: % file product.tex \startproduct product \startpublication[k=me, t=manual, a=Hoekwater, y=2006, s=TH2006, n=1, u=http://contextgarden.net/Bibliography] \author{Taco}[T.]{}{Hoekwater} \title{\CONTEXT\ Publication Module, The user documententation} \pubyear{2006} \note{In case you didn’t know: it’s the document you are reading now} \pages{14} \stoppublication % comment out the frontmatter and it works \startfrontmatter \component component % this one works % \cite[me] \stopfrontmatter \placepublications [criterium=text] \stopproduct % file component.tex \startcomponent component cite: \cite[me] \stopcomponent Marco