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The Citation Generator
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Free
Free for individual academic use · no account required for one-off citations · no daily quota stated
Read 8 Oct 2026 · thecitationgenerator.com
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- Citation generation
- It formats references from DOIs, ISBNs, webpage URLs, source titles, or manually entered details.thecitationgenerator.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Citation styles
- The FAQ lists 12 built-in styles, including APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, ACM, Vancouver, AMA 11, Nature, ACS, Cell, and Elsevier Harvard.thecitationgenerator.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Data deletion
- Users can request access, correction, or deletion of account data by email, and saved projects remain until deleted or an account-deletion request is made.thecitationgenerator.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Data privacy
- The privacy policy says saved projects are private to the account and the service does not sell personal data.thecitationgenerator.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Exports and integrations
- Project bibliographies can be exported as BibTeX, BibLaTeX, RIS, HTML, or plain text, with RIS listed for EndNote, Zotero, and Mendeley imports.thecitationgenerator.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Free-use scope
- The FAQ says citation lookup, formatting, and export are free for individual academic use, while optional paid team plans may be introduced in the future.thecitationgenerator.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The site describes the tool as intended for students, researchers, and academic writers.thecitationgenerator.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Manual citations
- If automatic lookup cannot find a source, users can enter its details in a manual citation form.thecitationgenerator.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Metadata lookup
- The service says it uses Crossref, OpenLibrary, and page metadata to find source details.thecitationgenerator.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Metadata sharing
- A DOI, ISBN, URL, or search string may be sent to third-party metadata providers when needed to find source metadata.thecitationgenerator.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Projects
- An account lets users save references in projects, add notes, and switch styles across a bibliography.thecitationgenerator.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The FAQ directs users with questions to email support.thecitationgenerator.com · read 8 Oct 2026
