Citations show up incorrectly in Overleaf using Zotero’s synced .bib file

johanwi
Hi Zotero community,

I’m experiencing a recurring issue with Zotero when syncning my citations to use in LaTeX via Overleaf. So with the read-only references .bib file. Sometimes it works fine, but currently, all my in-text citations show up incorrectly in Overleaf.

Here’s an example of how they appear in the compiled PDF:
(bravi˙development˙2024) or (pizza˙identification˙2000) instead of a standard format like (Bravi et al., 2024).

I’m certain I’m using the correct citation keys in my .tex file - when I start typing \cite{.., the correct references appear and auto-complete. So the issue seems to lie with how Zotero exports the .bib file or how Overleaf parses it.


In the preamp, I do:
- \usepackage[backend=biber, style=numeric, citestyle=authoryear, sorting=nty]{biblatex}
- \addbibresource{references.bib}
- \printbibliography

Key notes:
- I use Zotero's Better BibTeX export plugin.
- The citation keys look correct. (\cite{})
- I compile with not Biber

This used to work, but now all references have this strange formatting. I don't know what I did..


Any idea what could be causing this and how to fix it?

Thanks in advance!
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