Mick Schroeder’s automatic citation generator. Create a bibliography from a URL, PubMed ID, DOI, ISBN, etc… Style with AMA, APA, APA, NLM, + 9000 more.
This Zotero plugin allows the user to automatically generate bibliographies (as well as in-text citations and footnotes) for Microsoft Word. It allows the user to insert a new in-text citation into a manuscript, and the bibliography will be automatically updated to include the...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Microsoft Office Word
- Firefox



Perhaps the world’s best reference tool. Create citations, reference lists and bibliographies.


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Academic citation generator that searches real databases and automatically formats references in 60 curated citation styles (plus 10,000+ more via a remote CSL repository), including ABNT, APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, and more.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)


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EazyFormat allows professional-looking documents creation in seconds with Google Docs add-on using format templates and custom style presets that applies on the entire document in one click.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Google Drive
- Google Docs
- Google Workspace


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The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society provides the worldwide scientific community with a comprehensive collection of the most-cited, peer-reviewed journals in the chemical and related sciences.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows

AI-powered tool generates citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, Harvard; creates outlines; rewrites text; summarizes references; aids academic papers.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)


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Publimetra is a free, open researcher discovery platform that makes academic impact and bibliometric insights accessible to everyone.



Free, open-source tool that auto-builds your academic CV from open research data (ORCID, OpenAlex) and exports it to PDF, Word, LaTeX, and more.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
- Online



Cite, verify, and check retraction / open-access for any DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, ISSN, arXiv, or ADS identifier. APA, Vancouver, IEEE, and 10,000+ CSL styles.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Mozilla Firefox

ClearRank is an AI visibility platform that helps brands measure and improve how they appear and are cited in AI-generated answers using structured data and crawler-level signals.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)


Citalyze is an online tool that helps students, researchers, and academics verify the accuracy of citations in their documents. It checks whether in-text citations match the reference list and validates sources through the CrossRef database.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online

Citation[Z] is a fast, ad-free citation generator for students and researchers. Paste a website, DOI, ISBN, or a messy list of references and get correctly formatted citations — both the reference and the in-text form — in APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, and 10,000+...
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
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The popular citation generators are paywalled, cluttered with ads, force you to create an account just to cite a single source, or - worst of all - don't even have a dark mode. And when you're writing a paper at 2am, the last thing you want is to look at that white...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online


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Citation Machine automatically generates citations in MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, and thousands more!



APA citation generator enables you to generate APA format (7th) citations effortlessly for books, journal articles, websites, and videos.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
ClipCite is a Chrome extension for students, researchers and writers who need the source, not just the text. Highlight a passage on any web page, click once, and you get the quote as clean Markdown plus a formatted citation built from the page's own metadata (Highwire...
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Google Chrome


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CiteFlow is a focused desktop research workspace for students, researchers, academic writers, and anyone who wants to manage PDFs, notes, citations, and bibliographies in one place.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows


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