| Key | Values | Default | Description | Not usable with |
| authorformat | abbrv | First names will be abbreviated | ||
| allreversed | Names will be printed reversed (“first surname” in text and bibliography) | |||
| and | Author separation with “,” and “, and” instead of the default slashes | |||
| citationreversed | Names will be printed reversed (“first surname” only in text) | |||
| dynamic | Font of author depends on existence of coauthor | |||
| firstnotreversed | All author names (except the first) will be printed reversed (in text only) | |||
| indexed | All author names are indexed separately (makeidx or index have to be loaded appropriately) | |||
| italic | Author will appear in italics | |||
| reducedifibidem | Author names are reduced to the surname for subsequent citations (for the ibidem=name options) | |||
| smallcaps | Author will appear in small caps | |||
| year | Emulates author-year citations | |||
| annote | true | false | Prints out the annote field | |
| bibformat | compress | Reduces the vertical space between the items in the bibliography | ||
| ibidem | Replaces repeated authors in the bibliography | |||
| ibidemalt | Special format for German law students | |||
| nohang | 2.5 em | No hanging indent for bibliography | ||
| numbered | Numbered items in bibliography | |||
| raggedright | Flushleft for bibliography | |||
| tabular | Tabular-like bibliography format | |||
| biblikecite | true | false | Formatting of bibliography follows formatting of citations (as far as possible) | |
| coauthorformat | normal | No special format for coauthors | ||
| italic | Coauthor will appear in italics | |||
| colastsep | divis | slash | Coauthor after author, separation with divis | |
| cofirstsep | in | Author after coauthor, separation with “in” | ||
| comma | Author after coauthor, separation with comma | |||
| commabeforerest | true | false | Comma before page(range) or the like | |
| citefull | all | All citations are full citations | ||
| first | First citation is printed full | |||
| chapter | citefull=first, resetted each chapter (book and report classes) | |||
| section | citefull=first, resetted each section (article classes) | |||
| chicago | true | false | chicago-like format of citation and bibliography | |
| crossref | dynamic | Long crossref's if they are used first time, shorter for all further citations | ||
| long | Always long crossref's | |||
| short | Always short crossref's (short as possible, longer if citations are ambiguous) | |||
| edby | true | false | Switches from “(ed.)” to “edited by” for incollections | |
| endnote | true | false | The note field is printed at the end of the entry, after the closing period | |
| footnotes | marginal | Another footnote format | ||
| human | true | false | Common humanities option, make authorformat=and the default | |
| howcited | all | The howcited remark is printed for all entries | ||
| compare | The howcited remark is printed for works, where title and shorttitle differ | |||
| normal (=true) | The howcited remark is printed for entries containing a non-empty howcited field | |||
| multiple | The howcited remark is printed if more than one work of the author is cited | |||
| ibidem | name | Ibidem with authors name | ||
| name&title | Ibidem with authors name and title | |||
| nostrict | Ibidem is allowed for every footnote | |||
| strict (=true) | Ibidem is not allowed for first footnote on each page | |||
| strictdoublepage | Ibidem is not allowed for first footnote on left (even) pages | |||
| idem | nostrict | Idem is allowed for every footnote | ||
| strict (=true) | Idem is not allowed for first footnote on each page | |||
| strictdoublepage | Idem is not allowed for first footnote on left (even) pages | |||
| lookat | true | false | Enables crossref to full (first) footnote citation | |
| natoptargorder | true | false | Reversed optional arguments | |
| opcit | true | false | Enables op. cit. for already cited, but not subsequent works | |
| chapter | Resets opcit each chapter (book and report classes) | |||
| section | Resets opcit each section (article classes) | |||
| oxford | true | false | Emulates oxford-like format of citation and bibliography | |
| pages | always | Page(ranges)s given via the pages-field are always printed in the citation | ||
| format | Pages given via the optional argument and page(ranges)s given via the pages-field are formatted automatically | |||
| test | Page(ranges)s given via the pages-field are printed in the citation, if no pages are given by the optional argument | |||
| see | true | false | The second optional argument can be used to add sequences like "see" before the citation | |
| superscriptedition | all | Superscripted edition number for all citations | ||
| bib | Superscripted edition number for the bibliography | |||
| commented | Superscripted edition number only for type @COMMENTED | |||
| switch | Superscripted edition number for works with field ssedition=1 | |||
| titleformat | all | Prints out all titles, doesn't care about multiple works | ||
| colonsep | Separation between author and title with colon | |||
| comma | Separation between author and title with comma | |||
| italic | Title will appear in italics |