When using Org-mode and its LaTeX export BibTeX or Biblatex is often used to handle references. In that case the LaTeX command \\printbibliography
is often included
A workaround for this problem is to make \printbibliography
not return a LaTeX heading so that it can appropriately be placed under an Org-mode heading.
With biblatex this can be done by supplying \printbibliography
with the option heading=none
and placing it under an appropriate heading. Here is an example:
* Heading
* References
\printbibliography[heading=none]
This way references can be kept in a heading of its own and \printbibliography
being swallowed by a heading is not a problem because it is being swallowed by its own heading.