If we do not specify a bibliography style, LaTeX export will fail. With the attached patch, the following simple-minded Org document will export without errors: #+title: Testing org-cite \LaTeX export #+latex_header: \usepackage{natbib} #+bibliography: bibliography.bib #+options: toc:nil #+cite_export: natbib Hello World! This is a citation: [cite:@citationkey2023] #+print_bibliography: Also, should we provide some commonly available natbib styles in the defcustom?