diff --git a/src/modules/export/api.ts b/src/modules/export/api.ts
index 6e1ce76..19455c8 100644
--- a/src/modules/export/api.ts
+++ b/src/modules/export/api.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../utils/link";
 import { getString } from "../../utils/locale";
 import { getLinesInNote } from "../../utils/note";
-import { formatPath, jointPath } from "../../utils/str";
+import { formatPath, jointPath, tryDecodeParse } from "../../utils/str";
 
 export { exportNotes };
 
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ async function toFreeMind(noteItem: Zotero.Item) {
 async function embedLinkedNotes(noteItem: Zotero.Item): Promise<string> {
   const parser = ztoolkit.getDOMParser();
 
+  const globalCitationData = getNoteCitationData(noteItem as Zotero.Item);
+
   const newLines: string[] = [];
   const noteLines = getLinesInNote(noteItem);
   for (const i in noteLines) {
@@ -230,7 +232,49 @@ async function embedLinkedNotes(noteItem: Zotero.Item): Promise<string> {
         [linkParam.link, noteItem],
       );
       newLines.push(html);
+      const citationData = getNoteCitationData(
+        linkParam.noteItem as Zotero.Item,
+      );
+      globalCitationData.items.push(...citationData.items);
     }
   }
-  return newLines.join("\n");
+  // Clean up globalCitationItems
+  const seenCitationItemIDs = [] as string[];
+  const finalCitationItems = [];
+  for (const citationItem of globalCitationData.items) {
+    const currentID = citationItem.uris[0];
+    if (!(currentID in seenCitationItemIDs)) {
+      finalCitationItems.push(citationItem);
+      seenCitationItemIDs.push(currentID);
+    }
+  }
+  return `<div data-schema-version="${
+    globalCitationData.schemaVersion
+  }" data-citation-items="${encodeURIComponent(
+    JSON.stringify(finalCitationItems),
+  )}">${newLines.join("\n")}</div>`;
+}
+
+function getNoteCitationData(noteItem: Zotero.Item) {
+  const parser = new DOMParser();
+  const doc = parser.parseFromString(noteItem.getNote(), "text/html");
+  const citationItems = tryDecodeParse(
+    doc
+      .querySelector("div[data-citation-items]")
+      ?.getAttribute("data-citation-items") || "[]",
+  ) as unknown as Array<{
+    uris: string[];
+    itemData: Record<string, any>;
+    schemaVersion: string;
+  }>;
+
+  const citationData = {
+    items: citationItems,
+    schemaVersion:
+      doc
+        .querySelector("div[data-schema-version]")
+        ?.getAttribute("data-schema-version") || "",
+  };
+
+  return citationData;
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/export/docx.ts b/src/modules/export/docx.ts
index 7c1ea8e..832ae02 100644
--- a/src/modules/export/docx.ts
+++ b/src/modules/export/docx.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { showHintWithLink } from "../../utils/hint";
 import { renderNoteHTML } from "../../utils/note";
-import { randomString } from "../../utils/str";
+import { htmlEscape, randomString, tryDecodeParse } from "../../utils/str";
 import { waitUtilAsync } from "../../utils/wait";
 import { config } from "../../../package.json";
 
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ function parseDocxCitationFields(html: string) {
     }
   ]
   */
-  const globalCitationItems = tryParse(
+  const globalCitationItems = tryDecodeParse(
     doc
       .querySelector("div[data-citation-items]")
-      ?.getAttribute("data-citation-items") || "{}",
+      ?.getAttribute("data-citation-items") || "[]",
   );
   const citationElements = Array.from(
     doc.querySelectorAll(".citation[data-citation]"),
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function parseDocxCitationFields(html: string) {
       "properties": {}
     }
     */
-    const citation = tryParse(elem.getAttribute("data-citation") || "{}");
+    const citation = tryDecodeParse(elem.getAttribute("data-citation") || "{}");
     const citationItems = [];
     for (const citationItem of citation.citationItems) {
       const item = globalCitationItems.find(
@@ -205,21 +205,6 @@ function getCitationID(citationCache: CitationCache) {
   return citationID;
 }
 
-function tryParse(s: string) {
-  try {
-    return JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(s));
-  } catch (e) {
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
-function htmlEscape(doc: Document, str: string) {
-  const div = doc.createElement("div");
-  const text = doc.createTextNode(str);
-  div.appendChild(text);
-  return div.innerHTML.replace(/"/g, "&quot;").replace(/'/g, "&#39;");
-}
-
 function generateDocxField(fieldCode: string, text: string) {
   return `<!--[if supportFields]>
 <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span>
diff --git a/src/utils/str.ts b/src/utils/str.ts
index bcd236f..1b342cf 100644
--- a/src/utils/str.ts
+++ b/src/utils/str.ts
@@ -99,3 +99,18 @@ export function jointPath(...paths: string[]) {
     return "";
   }
 }
+
+export function tryDecodeParse(s: string) {
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(s));
+  } catch (e) {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+export function htmlEscape(doc: Document, str: string) {
+  const div = doc.createElement("div");
+  const text = doc.createTextNode(str);
+  div.appendChild(text);
+  return div.innerHTML.replace(/"/g, "&quot;").replace(/'/g, "&#39;");
+}