# What are the Bibliography Types - in order

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/what-are-the-bibliography-types-in-order/9092>\
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**Created:** [May 6, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/what-are-the-bibliography-types-in-order/9092 "2026-05-06T18:16:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![bksnlow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bksnlow](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/bksnlow)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/what-are-the-bibliography-types-in-order/9092/1 "2026-05-06T18:16:16Z")

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Hello, I just exported my database as a plain BibTeX. I have a column that says Bibliography Type and then numbers. I already cought that 7 is journal, however I was unable to find what are the numbers of all other types, does anyone know?

Thank you

Edit: Just realized I did not export the file directly as BibTex, I exported it OpenOffice to use it in excel.

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/what-are-the-bibliography-types-in-order/9092/2 "2026-05-06T18:51:57Z")

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Hi,

to help you we need more context. Where and how did you export your database? JabRef operates on bibtex directly so plain bibtex does not change any bibliography type

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**Author:** ![bksnlow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bksnlow](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/bksnlow)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/what-are-the-bibliography-types-in-order/9092/3 "2026-05-06T19:33:24Z")

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Hi Christoph, thank you for answering. I noticed that I did not export the files as bib but I used OpenOffice. I selected the articles, went to export, export selected entries, and on the type list I picked OpenOffice/LibreOffice CSV. With this, I still dont know why the bibliography type is a number. Hope with this you are able to recreate the issue, or if you know the types.

thank you again for your time

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/what-are-the-bibliography-types-in-order/9092/4 "2026-05-06T21:40:51Z")

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Hi,

Maybe another question first, which helps me to better understand your intent: Do you need or want to use the references in a special format? Or do you just want to use JabRef and LibreOffice together?

to answer your actual question, this is some special format that can be used as a data source for LibreOffice’s internal bibliographic database - The number maps to the types in OO/LO  
Here in the code, the mapping is defined:

> <https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/blob/fb5a3e7b1b94dd8d4d19e82aee74430f7c1c1ed6/jablib/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/layout/format/GetOpenOfficeType.java>

This is how it then can be re-used in LO’s internal bibliography tool.  
The definition is based on the following official API:

> **[Constants' Group BibliographyDataType](https://www.openoffice.org/api/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/BibliographyDataType.html)**

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**Author:** ![bksnlow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bksnlow](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/bksnlow)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/what-are-the-bibliography-types-in-order/9092/5 "2026-05-07T16:04:31Z")

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Hello Christoph,

I dont want to use any special format, I just thought that exporting to libre office would make it easier to handle the information.

Your answer is on the dot, thats excatly what I wanted to know.

Thank you so much.

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