diff --git a/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json b/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json
index 171ed25d90..4122a87307 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json
+++ b/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json
@@ -803,6 +803,8 @@
   "mendeley_sync_description": "",
   "menu": "",
   "merge_cells": "",
+  "missing_field_for_entry": "",
+  "missing_fields_for_entry": "",
   "money_back_guarantee": "",
   "month": "",
   "more": "",
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/linting.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/linting.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bece48144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/linting.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { Compartment, EditorState } from '@codemirror/state'
+import { setSyntaxValidationEffect } from './language'
+import { linter } from '@codemirror/lint'
+
+export const createLinter: typeof linter = (lintSource, config) => {
+  const linterConfig = new Compartment()
+
+  return [
+    linterConfig.of([]),
+
+    // enable/disable the linter to match the syntaxValidation setting
+    EditorState.transactionExtender.of(tr => {
+      for (const effect of tr.effects) {
+        if (effect.is(setSyntaxValidationEffect)) {
+          return {
+            effects: linterConfig.reconfigure(
+              effect.value ? linter(lintSource, config) : []
+            ),
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      return null
+    }),
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/bibtex/index.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/bibtex/index.ts
index 826db93f7d..40cf4a0ddd 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/bibtex/index.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/bibtex/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { LanguageSupport } from '@codemirror/language'
 import { BibTeXLanguage } from './bibtex-language'
+import { bibtexLinter } from './linting'
 
 export const bibtex = () => {
-  return new LanguageSupport(BibTeXLanguage)
+  return new LanguageSupport(BibTeXLanguage, [bibtexLinter()])
 }
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/bibtex/linting.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/bibtex/linting.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32037e66be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/bibtex/linting.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,292 @@
+import { syntaxTree } from '@codemirror/language'
+import { Diagnostic, LintSource } from '@codemirror/lint'
+import {
+  Declaration,
+  EntryName,
+  EntryTypeName,
+  FieldName,
+  Other,
+} from '../../lezer-bibtex/bibtex.terms.mjs'
+import { SyntaxNodeRef } from '@lezer/common'
+import { EditorState } from '@codemirror/state'
+import { createLinter } from '../../extensions/linting'
+
+type BibEntryValidationRule = {
+  requiredAttributes: (string | string[])[]
+  biblatex?: Record<string, string>
+}
+
+export const bibtexLinter = () => createLinter(bibtexLintSource, { delay: 100 })
+
+export const bibtexLintSource: LintSource = view => {
+  const tree = syntaxTree(view.state)
+
+  const diagnostics: Diagnostic[] = []
+
+  // Linting be temporarily disabled by a %%begin novalidate directive. It can
+  // be re-enabled by a %%end novalidate directive
+  let lintingCurrentlyDisabled = false
+
+  // Linting is completely disabled by a %%novalidate so will return no linter
+  // errors
+  let fileLintingDisabled = false
+
+  tree.iterate({
+    enter(node) {
+      if (fileLintingDisabled) {
+        return false
+      }
+      if (node.type.is(Other)) {
+        // Content between declaration. Can be linter directive
+        const content = view.state.sliceDoc(node.from, node.to).trim()
+        if (content === '%%novalidate') {
+          fileLintingDisabled = true
+        } else if (content === '%%begin novalidate') {
+          lintingCurrentlyDisabled = true
+        } else if (content === '%%end novalidate') {
+          lintingCurrentlyDisabled = false
+        }
+      }
+      if (lintingCurrentlyDisabled) {
+        return false
+      }
+      if (node.type.is(Declaration)) {
+        diagnostics.push(...checkRequiredFields(node, view.state))
+        return false
+      }
+    },
+  })
+
+  if (fileLintingDisabled) {
+    return []
+  } else {
+    return diagnostics
+  }
+}
+
+const bibEntryValidationRules = new Map<string, BibEntryValidationRule>([
+  [
+    'article',
+    {
+      requiredAttributes: ['author', 'title', 'journal', 'year'],
+      biblatex: {
+        journal: 'journaltitle',
+        year: 'date',
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+  [
+    'book',
+    {
+      requiredAttributes: [['author', 'editor'], 'title', 'publisher', 'year'],
+      biblatex: {
+        year: 'date',
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+  [
+    'booklet',
+    {
+      requiredAttributes: [['author', 'key'], 'title'],
+    },
+  ],
+  [
+    'conference',
+    {
+      requiredAttributes: ['author', 'title', 'year', 'booktitle'],
+      biblatex: {
+        year: 'date',
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+  [
+    'inbook',
+    {
+      requiredAttributes: ['author', 'title', 'publisher', 'year'],
+      biblatex: {
+        year: 'date',
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+  [
+    'incollection',
+    {
+      requiredAttributes: ['author', 'title', 'booktitle', 'publisher', 'year'],
+      biblatex: {
+        year: 'date',
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+  [
+    'inproceedings',
+    {
+      requiredAttributes: ['author', 'title', 'booktitle', 'year'],
+      biblatex: {
+        year: 'date',
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+  [
+    'manual',
+    {
+      requiredAttributes: [['author', 'key', 'organization'], 'title'],
+    },
+  ],
+  [
+    'mastersthesis',
+    {
+      requiredAttributes: ['author', 'title', 'school', 'year'],
+      biblatex: {
+        year: 'date',
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+  [
+    'misc',
+    {
+      requiredAttributes: [['author', 'key'], 'note'],
+    },
+  ],
+  [
+    'phdthesis',
+    {
+      requiredAttributes: ['author', 'title', 'school', 'year'],
+      biblatex: {
+        year: 'date',
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+  [
+    'proceedings',
+    {
+      requiredAttributes: [['editor', 'key', 'organization'], 'title', 'year'],
+      biblatex: {
+        year: 'date',
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+  [
+    'techreport',
+    {
+      requiredAttributes: ['author', 'title', 'institution', 'year'],
+      biblatex: {
+        year: 'date',
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+  [
+    'unpublished',
+    {
+      requiredAttributes: ['author', 'title', 'note'],
+    },
+  ],
+])
+
+const checkRequiredFields = (
+  nodeRef: SyntaxNodeRef,
+  state: EditorState
+): Diagnostic[] => {
+  // We just return no errors if we don't find the info we're looking for in the
+  // syntax tree
+  const node = nodeRef.node
+
+  const entryNameNode = node.getChild(EntryName)
+  if (!entryNameNode) {
+    return []
+  }
+
+  const entryTypeNameNode = entryNameNode.getChild(EntryTypeName)
+  if (!entryTypeNameNode) {
+    return []
+  }
+  const entryTypeName = state
+    .sliceDoc(entryTypeNameNode.from, entryTypeNameNode.to)
+    .toLowerCase()
+  const environment = bibEntryValidationRules.get(entryTypeName)
+  if (!environment) {
+    return []
+  }
+  const requiredFields = environment.requiredAttributes
+
+  const actualFieldNodes = node.getChildren('Field')
+  const actualFieldNames = new Set(
+    actualFieldNodes
+      .map(fieldNode => fieldNode.getChild(FieldName))
+      .map(fieldNode =>
+        fieldNode ? state.sliceDoc(fieldNode.from, fieldNode.to) : undefined
+      )
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .map(name => name?.toLowerCase())
+  )
+
+  if (actualFieldNames.has('crossref')) {
+    // We don't want to deal with crossrefs (key inheritance from other entries)
+    return []
+  }
+
+  const entryHasField = (fieldName: string): boolean => {
+    if (actualFieldNames.has(fieldName)) {
+      return true
+    }
+    if (environment.biblatex && environment.biblatex[fieldName]) {
+      return actualFieldNames.has(environment.biblatex[fieldName])
+    }
+    return false
+  }
+
+  const missingFields = requiredFields.filter(field => {
+    if (Array.isArray(field)) {
+      return !field.some(f => entryHasField(f))
+    } else {
+      return !entryHasField(field)
+    }
+  })
+
+  if (missingFields.length === 0) {
+    // All is good
+    return []
+  }
+
+  return [
+    {
+      from: entryNameNode.from,
+      to: entryNameNode.to,
+      message: createErrorMessage(missingFields, entryTypeName, state),
+      severity: 'warning',
+    },
+  ]
+}
+
+function createErrorMessage(
+  missingFields: (string[] | string)[],
+  entryTypeName: string,
+  state: EditorState
+) {
+  const translation =
+    missingFields.length === 1
+      ? state.phrase('missing_field_for_entry')
+      : state.phrase('missing_fields_for_entry')
+  const or = state.phrase('or')
+  const errorLines = missingFields
+    .map(fieldOptions => {
+      const options = Array.isArray(fieldOptions)
+        ? fieldOptions
+        : [fieldOptions]
+      return createOrList(options, or)
+    })
+    .map(field => `  •  ${field}`)
+    .join('\n')
+  return `${translation} ${entryTypeName}:\n${errorLines}`
+}
+
+function createOrList(fields: string[], orPhrase: string) {
+  if (fields.length === 0) {
+    return ''
+  }
+  if (fields.length === 1) {
+    return fields[0]
+  }
+  return (
+    fields.slice(0, -1).join(', ') + ` ${orPhrase} ` + fields[fields.length - 1]
+  )
+}
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/latex/linting.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/latex/linting.ts
index 8f6201a0d7..63218443a1 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/latex/linting.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/latex/linting.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,5 @@
-import { Compartment, EditorState } from '@codemirror/state'
-import { setSyntaxValidationEffect } from '../../extensions/language'
-import { linter } from '@codemirror/lint'
 import { latexLinter } from './linter/latex-linter'
 import { lintSourceConfig } from '../../extensions/annotations'
+import { createLinter } from '../../extensions/linting'
 
-export const linting = () => {
-  const latexLintSourceConf = new Compartment()
-
-  return [
-    latexLintSourceConf.of([]),
-
-    // enable/disable the linter to match the syntaxValidation setting
-    EditorState.transactionExtender.of(tr => {
-      for (const effect of tr.effects) {
-        if (effect.is(setSyntaxValidationEffect)) {
-          return {
-            effects: latexLintSourceConf.reconfigure(
-              effect.value ? linter(latexLinter, lintSourceConfig) : []
-            ),
-          }
-        }
-      }
-
-      return null
-    }),
-  ]
-}
+export const linting = () => createLinter(latexLinter, lintSourceConfig)
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/lezer-bibtex/bibtex.grammar b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/lezer-bibtex/bibtex.grammar
index caafb570ee..cee791bd3e 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/lezer-bibtex/bibtex.grammar
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/lezer-bibtex/bibtex.grammar
@@ -42,8 +42,12 @@ CommentDeclaration {
   "}"
 }
 
+EntryName {
+  "@" EntryTypeName
+}
+
 Declaration {
-  EntryName { "@" EntryTypeName }  "{"
+  EntryName "{"
       Identifier
       
       fieldEntry { 
diff --git a/services/web/locales/en.json b/services/web/locales/en.json
index ca2c8596d5..3fe89f0063 100644
--- a/services/web/locales/en.json
+++ b/services/web/locales/en.json
@@ -1177,6 +1177,8 @@
   "merge": "Merge",
   "merge_cells": "Merge cells",
   "merging": "Merging",
+  "missing_field_for_entry": "Missing field for",
+  "missing_fields_for_entry": "Missing fields for",
   "money_back_guarantee": "30-day money back guarantee, no questions asked",
   "month": "month",
   "monthly": "Monthly",