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Information about Citation.
Citation is a citation generator and writing workspace. Create APA, MLA, Chicago and other citations, manage sources, and build your bibliography as you write.
Product at a glance
- Name
- Citation
- Category
- Writing and research workspace
- Platform
- Web browser
- Source lookup
- Title, URL, DOI, ISBN
What you can do
- Find source details by title, URL, DOI or ISBN, or add a reference manually.
- Insert citations connected to saved sources and format a bibliography in a supported style.
- Draft and edit documents with writing suggestions you can review before applying.
- Review citation connections and compare passages with accessible public web sources.
- Organize documents and research files in workspace folders.
- Share documents with viewing or editing permissions.
- Export documents and reference data for use in other writing and research tools.
Citation styles
- APA 7th edition
- MLA 9th edition
- Chicago 18 · Author and Date
- Chicago 18 · Notes & Bibliography
- Cite Them Right Harvard 12
- IEEE
- Vancouver (NLM)
- AMA 11th edition
- ACS
Export formats
- Documents
- DOCX, PDF, TXT
- References
- BibTeX, RIS
Document exports are available in the workspace. BibTeX and RIS carry reference data, not document layout or source attachments.
Free access
Citation is free with usage limits and requires an account. Sign in to use your workspace. Allowances for storage, sources, assistant use and checks can vary by account. Current allowances and recorded usage appear in account settings. Requests for more capacity are reviewed manually.
Checks and limitations
- Source details and formatted references need review. Check authors, dates, titles and publication details against the source you actually used.
- A matching passage is not proof of plagiarism, and no matches does not prove originality. Web checks use accessible public sources and do not cover every publication, private repository or university database.
- Citation checks inspect saved citation links and metadata. They do not establish whether every claim is true or whether a source supports an argument.
- PDF source extraction needs readable text. OCR is not available for scanned pages without text.
AI connections
Citation MCP
Connect a compatible AI assistant to one approved workspace. Read documents and sources, create or revise drafts, and format references within the permissions you grant.
Citation CLI
Use workspace tools from a terminal or script through the Citation MCP service. Commands support structured JSON output and a personal workspace token.
Citation skills
Give a supported agent repeatable workflows for gathering sources, formatting references, revising drafts and reviewing evidence. Skills require a separate authorized connection.
MCP and CLI search saved workspace content. Their citation checks inspect links and metadata, and their exports support TXT, BibTeX and RIS. These connections do not run public web searches or plagiarism scans. Client support and available actions depend on the connection and its permissions.