I would first determine if the issue is document specfic.
Open a new Word document and try inserting a citation.
If a new document does not crash then you will want to try the following steps on the document that does crash:
If the new document crashes as well then please try the following steps:
If that fails to resolve the issue please contact Technical Support
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