Citation Manager
Manage citations without the headache
Import from BibTeX and RIS, auto-extract references from uploaded PDFs, look up any DOI, and export in APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, Harvard, or Vancouver. A citation manager built into your research workspace so you never leave your workflow.
Import and export in every format you need
Import from
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BibTeX files (.bib) from Zotero, Mendeley, Google Scholar, or any reference manager
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RIS files (.ris) from databases like Web of Science, PubMed, or Scopus
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PDF auto-extraction that pulls references directly from uploaded research papers
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DOI lookup that fetches full metadata from OpenAlex, CrossRef, Semantic Scholar, and DataCite
Export and format as
- APA 7th Edition for psychology, education, and social sciences
- MLA 9th Edition for humanities, literature, and languages
- Chicago / Turabian for history, arts, and interdisciplinary work
- IEEE, Harvard, Vancouver for engineering, science, and medical journals
- BibTeX and RIS export for compatibility with any other tool
More than just a citation formatter
Automatic metadata enrichment
Enter a DOI and Alfred fetches the full citation record from OpenAlex, CrossRef, Semantic Scholar, DataCite, and Unpaywall. Authors, journal, volume, pages, publication date, abstract, and open access links are filled in automatically.
17 citation types
Articles, books, book chapters, conference papers, preprints, theses, technical reports, datasets, software, patents, reports, webpages, newspaper articles, magazine articles, standards, reviews, and more. Every type gets properly formatted.
Linked to your documents
Citations are linked to the uploaded papers they come from. When you view a document, you see its citations. When you view a citation, you see which documents reference it. Everything stays connected.
Custom citation styles
Create custom citation styles for journals with specific formatting requirements. Choose author ordering (first name first or last name first), title casing, and in-text citation format at the workspace level.
Stop fighting with citation formats
Import your existing library and Alfred handles the formatting. Free during early access, no credit card required.