Which citation styles does the tool support?

It supports APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago notes-bibliography, IEEE, BibTeX, and RIS.

Can I generate a citation from a DOI?

Yes. Paste the DOI into the lookup field to retrieve publication metadata and format the citation.

Yes. An ISBN can be used to look up book metadata through OpenLibrary.

Can I enter citation details manually?

Yes. You can enter the source type, title, authors, year, journal or publisher, volume, issue, pages, DOI, and URL.

What are BibTeX and RIS used for?

BibTeX and RIS are citation formats commonly used to import references into tools such as Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote.

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Citation Generator

Generate APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago, IEEE, BibTeX, and RIS citations from a DOI, ISBN, URL, or manually-entered metadata.

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What this tool helps you do

Paste a DOI (e.g. 10.1038/nature12373), an ISBN, or a URL and the tool fetches publication metadata from CrossRef and OpenLibrary. You can also fill in the fields by hand. The output covers the six most-requested academic styles — APA 7th, MLA 9th, Chicago (notes-bibliography), IEEE, plus BibTeX and RIS for reference managers (Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote).

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Journal article with two authors (all 6 formats)

A renewable-energy journal article cited in APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, BibTeX, and RIS from manually-entered metadata.

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Look up a DOI via CrossRef

Paste a DOI (e.g. 10.1038/nature12373) and the tool fetches metadata from CrossRef, then formats all citation styles.

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Inputs

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ContentPaste or type the main input values.10

Lookup (DOI / ISBN / URL — leave empty to enter metadata manually)textOptionalTitletextOptionalAuthors (one per line: Last, First)textareaOptionalYeartextOptionalJournal / Publisher / Site NametextOptionalVolumetextOptionalIssuetextOptionalPagestextOptionalDOItextOptionalURLtextOptional

SettingsAdjust formats, ranges, numbers, and modes.1

Source TypeselectOptional

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1. Format a renewable-energy journal article

2. Look up an article from its DOI

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