In natbib there is \citetext{priv.\ comm.} which is used to add a textual citation to the bibliography that doesn't have a key associated with it. I don't see a way to get something like that in org-cite, since it seems that a key is always required. This isn't currently recognized as a cite, but something like this seems like a reasonable solution to me. [cite/text:@ private communication] John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin (he/him/his) Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu