About Citation Generator
What we do
Citation Generator is a free, multilingual online tool that helps students, academics and writers create properly formatted citations and bibliographies in seconds. We support APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, Vancouver, AMA, Nature and many more citation styles.
How it works
Paste a DOI, URL, ISBN or any search term into our generator and we automatically retrieve the metadata — title, authors, journal, year and more — then format it according to your chosen citation style. You can also enter details manually via our structured form for any source type.
Your citation library
Registered users can save citations into named projects, organise them, add notes, and export to BibTeX, BibLaTeX, RIS, HTML or plain text with a single click. Your library is stored securely and accessible from any device.
Citation styles supported
We use the Citation Style Language (CSL) ecosystem, which powers tools like Zotero and Mendeley. This gives us access to thousands of styles, including journal-specific formats. The styles most commonly used in academic writing — APA 7th edition, MLA 9th edition, Chicago 17th edition and Harvard — are tuned and tested carefully.
Privacy and data
We believe citation tools should be free and private. We do not sell your data, embed advertising trackers or require a paid subscription for core features. See our Privacy Policy for full details.
Contact
Found a formatting error, a broken metadata lookup, or a style we should add? Use the feedback link at the bottom of any generator page or reach out via the contact form. We review all submissions and aim to respond within 48 hours.