diff --git a/doc/release-notes/12244-fix-citations.md b/doc/release-notes/12244-fix-citations.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12901225eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes/12244-fix-citations.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This release fixes a bug causing Author names of Organizations to be incorrect in styled citations (the software attempted to interpret the organization's name as a first name/last name pair).
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diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DataCitation.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DataCitation.java
index 57734911470..08688b1e653 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DataCitation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DataCitation.java
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ private void getAuthorsAndProducersFrom(DatasetVersion dsv) {
                         cslAuthors.add(new CSLNameBuilder().given(givenName).family(familyName).isInstitution(false).build());
                     } else {
                         cslAuthors.add(
-                                new CSLNameBuilder().literal(formatString(authorJson.getString("fullName"), true)).isInstitution(false).build());
+                                new CSLNameBuilder().literal(formatString(authorJson.getString("fullName"), true)).isInstitution(true).build());
                     }
                 }
             }