Citation tools for researchers

Every citation task you need, in one clean workspace.

Generate citations from DOI, PMID, ISBN, arXiv, and article URLs, then extract, verify, convert, and export references without opening a full reference manager.

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Popular citation tools

Single-purpose tools for the jobs researchers, students, editors, and librarians repeat every week.

Free Citation Generator

Paste a DOI, PMID, ISBN, arXiv ID, or article URL and get APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, Vancouver, BibTeX, RIS, and CSL-JSON citations.

Citation Format Converter

Turn APA into MLA, Chicago into Vancouver, Harvard into IEEE, and more.

Extract References From PDF

Upload a paper and extract references with DOI/PMID detection, official JATS/Crossref evidence, count checks, and BibTeX/RIS/CSL exports.

Extract Citations From Text

Paste a bibliography, DOCX text, or Google Docs copy and structure the citations.

Citation Extraction Hub

Compare PDF, TXT, DOCX, bibliography parsing, DOI extraction, and BibTeX/RIS/CSL export workflows in one guide.

DOI Extractor

Find every DOI hidden in references, pasted text, bibliographies, or article pages.

Reference Checker

Detect missing metadata, broken DOI links, duplicates, and inconsistent formatting.

BibTeX, RIS, EndNote, CSL Converter

Convert reference files for Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, Overleaf, and journals.

Bulk Citation Generator

Paste a list of DOIs, PMIDs, URLs, or ISBNs and generate a complete bibliography.

Sort and Hanging Indent Formatter

Alphabetize references, normalize spacing, and prepare a clean bibliography block.

In-Text Citation Matcher

Compare manuscript citations against the bibliography and flag missing matches.

Workflow

Create a manuscript cleanup flow

Extract references, check metadata, convert style, then match every in-text citation.

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Work your way

Fast utilities for the different ways people actually handle research sources.

Paste from anywhere

Drop in messy text from a PDF, web page, Word document, or bibliography section.

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Built for quick checks

Use small tools for one citation problem instead of setting up a whole project.

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Export for your workflow

Move results into Google Docs, Word, Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, or Overleaf.

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Research-ready automation

Get more from every source you collect.

Batch-generate references from hundreds of identifiers.
Extract citations from PDFs and clean the results in one pass.
Run manuscript checks before submission or thesis review.

Open LumaCite Library

Citation cleanup made simple

From rough references to publication-ready entries.

LumaCite focuses on the small, annoying tasks that slow down research writing: extracting, verifying, reformatting, and matching citations.

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Built for cleanup, checks, and export

Citation utilities for serious research work

Designed for students, labs, librarians, editors, systematic reviewers, and anyone who needs fast citation cleanup without leaving the browser.

EX Structured exports BibTeX, RIS, EndNote XML, and CSL-JSON outputs.

CG Free citation generator Create clean references from DOI, PMID, ISBN, arXiv, or URLs. QA Bibliography QA Find missing fields, duplicates, and inconsistent formats. PDF PDF extractor features Extract and verify references from uploaded research PDFs. VS PDF extractor comparison Compare extraction methods, evidence, and review workflows. BM Extraction benchmark Review benchmark results across difficult PDF cases. CV Converter features Move references between citation managers and journals. TX Extract citations from text Paste bibliographies, DOCX text, or rough reference lists. HUB Citation extraction hub Choose the right tool for PDF, text, DOCX, and exports. ED For teachers and librarians Support classes, reference desks, and writing centers. RM Product roadmap report See what is shipping next for LumaCite workflows.