Free Nature Citation Generator

Nature style is used by Nature and its sister journals. References are numbered superscripts in the body and listed in citation order.

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About Nature (Nature Referencing Guide)

Nature style is used by Nature and its sister journals. References are numbered superscripts in the body and listed in citation order.

Example Nature citation format

Once you paste a DOI above, you'll see an example formatted in Nature style. The same data can be rendered in APA, MLA, Chicago or Harvard with a single click.

When to use this style — and how to get it right

The Nature citation generator formats references in the style used by Nature and its sister journals (Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, Nature Methods and others). Nature style uses superscript numeric in-text citations and a numbered reference list in citation order. Author names use initials before surnames in the bibliography, journal titles are abbreviated, and DOIs are appended at the end of each entry.

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Frequently asked questions

Is this Nature generator free?

Yes. The Citation Generator is free to use. You only need to sign up if you want to save citations into a Project.

Where does the data come from?

We query Crossref, the largest open registry of scholarly DOIs, and render the output through the official Citation Style Language.

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