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Metadata Provenance
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Citation Tools
Reference Checker
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Citation Generator
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DOI to Citation
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ISBN to Citation
Generate book citations from ISBN
URL to Citation
Cite websites and online sources
PMID to Citation
Cite medical papers from PubMed
BibTeX Converter
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PDF to BibTeX
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Academic Data Sources
We search across the largest academic databases worldwide
Primary Search
- OpenAlex250M+ works
- Semantic Scholar200M+ papers
- CrossRef140M+ DOIs
Biomedical
- PubMed35M+ articles
- Europe PMC33M+ publications, incl. preprints
Books & Theses
- Open LibraryISBN lookup
- Google BooksBook search
- BDTDBrazilian theses
Open Access & Regional
- BASE400M+ documents
- HALFrench research
Preprints
- arXiv2.3M+ preprints
Enrichment
- UnpaywallOpen access links
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PDF Import
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Bibliography Text
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Lattes CV
Import publications from the Brazilian Lattes platform (CNPq)
Manual Entry
Full form for articles, books, chapters, theses, websites, and reports
BibTeX / RIS
Convert BibTeX or RIS files to any supported citation style
Works Everywhere
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Browser extension
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MCP server
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REST API
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Similar Papers
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Reference Checker
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Projects & Folders
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