Hi Thomas,

===== Original Message From "Thomas A. Schmitz" ===== Just add an extra pair of braces:

\def\citeyear[#1]{% {{\cite[year]}[#1]% }% }

Ok, does not crash but now I lose the reference completely in the output-( Best Idris ================================================ % output=pdf interface=en \setupwhitespace[big] \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \setuppublications[autohang=yes] \setuppublications[numbering=no] \setuppublications[criterium=cite] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] % %\setuppublicationlist[totalnumber={},samplesize=,author={\invertedauthor}] \def\citeyear[#1]{% {{\cite[year]}[#1]% }% } \input test-bib.bbl \starttext \dots as Afghani points out \citeyear[afghani60]. \section{References}{\tfx\setupinterlinespace {\placepublications}} \stoptext ================================================ ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523