CiteCreate

What CiteCreate is

CiteCreate is a free web tool for generating citations and in-text references, with no sign-up required for citation generation. It supports APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, Harvard, ACS, CSE, ASA and AMA styles. A source can be entered by DOI, ISBN, URL or title, or described manually; for a URL, ISBN or DOI, the generator can retrieve author, title, date and publisher details. Supported material includes websites, books, journal articles, videos, podcasts, PDFs, newspapers, e-books, lectures, social posts, images, datasets, reports and theses. Users can copy citations or download BibTeX and RIS files. A reference checker compares identifiers and metadata with open scholarly databases and reports what it can verify. CiteCreate says it does not store text pasted into that checker. BibTeX exports are described as useful for LaTeX and Overleaf, while RIS files can be imported into Zotero, Mendeley and EndNote. Citation output is plain text, so superscript styling must be applied in a word processor when required. The site describes its styles for fields including psychology, humanities, engineering, chemistry, biology, sociology and medicine.

Who it suits

It suits students, researchers and writers who need citations across the listed styles and source types. Users working with LaTeX, Overleaf or reference managers can use its BibTeX and RIS exports.

Limits

The free citation generator provides citation generation without sign-up. Its output is plain text, so superscript formatting must be applied in a word processor when needed.

Getting started

1. Open https://citecreate.com/ in a web browser.
2. Enter a DOI, ISBN, URL, or title, or provide the source details manually.
3. Choose one of the supported citation styles.
4. Copy the citation or download it as a BibTeX or RIS file.
5. Use the reference checker to compare identifiers and metadata with open scholarly databases.

Verdict

CiteCreate covers a wide range of citation styles and source types, with identifier lookup and export formats for reference tools. Its plain-text output means formatting such as superscripts must be handled separately.