ACS - YouTube Videos

Free ACS YouTube Video Citation Generator

Generate accurate ACS citations for YouTube videos, TED talks, and online lectures. Includes format templates and examples.

How to cite a youtube video in ACS

Paste a DOI, URL, ISBN, title, or author name to find the exact source record.

Verify author, year, title, container, and publication details before copying the final citation.

Get the complete ACS citation plus the matching in-text citation or footnote format.

YouTube Video:

Channel/Author. Title of video [Video]. YouTube. URL. Published date.

TED Talk:

Speaker. Title of talk [Video]. TED Conferences. URL. Published date.

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell. The immune system explained [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/example. Published June 10, 2023.

In-text: [1]

Brown B. The power of vulnerability [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown. Published June 2010.

In-text: [2]

Examples formatted in ACS style

Use the real name if known. If only the channel name is available, use it directly.

Smith J. Climate change explained [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/ex. 2024.

Include the channel/creator name, video title, "[Video]" descriptor, YouTube, URL, and publication date.

Use the real name if available. If only the channel name is known, use it directly as the author without additional brackets or parentheses.

List the speaker as author with the talk title, the TED platform, and publication date.

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