The @online
entry type does not use the field institution
, but it knows the similar field organization
(most types know at least one of institution
, organization
and publisher
, some types support publisher
and organization
). You can find the list of known fields for each entry type in section 2.1 Entry Types of the biblatex
manual.
By default organization
is printed without special formatting (just like institution
and publisher
), if you want to print it in italics (emphasised), you can use \DeclareListWrapperFormat
if you use the biblatex
3.12 or above.
%\RequirePackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@online{musk,
author = {Elon Musk},
title = {Tesla Model X},
url = {https://www.tesla.com/modelx?redirect=no},
date = {2017-07-04},
organization = {Tesla},
urldate = {2018-10-16},
}
\end{filecontents}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[style=authortitle,]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\DeclareListWrapperFormat{organization}{\mkbibemph{#1}}
\begin{document}
Let's cite! \footcite{musk}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

If you are using a biblatex
version older than 3.12, where \DeclareListWrapperFormat
is not yet available you can use
\DeclareListFormat{organization}{%
\usebibmacro{list:delim}{#1}%
\mkbibemph{#1}\isdot
\usebibmacro{list:andothers}}
In case you are using an exporter that stubbornly insist on using institution
instead of organization
you can let Biber remap the fields
\DeclareSourcemap{
\maps[datatype=bibtex]{
\map{
\pertype{online}
\pertype{electronic}
\step[fieldsource=institution]
\step[fieldset=organization, origfieldval]
}
}
}
If you don't want to show the organization/institution of the website, and are more interested in the 'overall title' of the website, you may want to try maintitle
, but that would have to be patched into the driver first, see How to include the title of the website in bibliography.