Hi Taco,

The bibliography related code are as following. I have tried removing all other setups, the problems still remains. The ConTeXt I am using is the one shipped with debian etch TeXlive, is that version too old?

\usemodule[bib]
\usemodule[bibltx]
\setupbibtex[database=nanomechanics, sort=author]
\setuppublications[sorttype=bbl, alternative=apa]
\setupcite[authoryears][otherstext={\it et al.}]
\setupcite[author][left=,right=,otherstext={\it et al.}]

Roy