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DOI to RIS Converter — Online

Paste a DOI and get an RIS entry ready to import into EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley, or any reference manager that accepts RIS. Verified CrossRef metadata, no signup required.

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How does it work?

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Step 1

Paste your DOI

Enter a DOI or doi.org URL. CiteMe queries the registry record for author, title, journal, volume, issue, pages, and year.

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Step 2

Verify the paper

CiteMe displays the matched reference so you can confirm title and authors before exporting.

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Step 3

Download the RIS entry

Get a .ris file ready to import into EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley, or any reference manager that accepts RIS. One DOI = one RIS record.

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Which citation styles are supported?

APAMLAChicagoHarvardIEEEVancouverABNTAMAASABluebookCSEOSCOLATurabianACSMHRAAPA 6thNaturePLOSScienceCellLancetAIPRSCAPSAAAAAGLCMcGillNP 405ISO 690ISO 690 (DE)ISO 690 (FR)ISO 690 (ES)Chicago NotesABNT Numérico

Need it in a specific citation style?

Format the result in the style your paper requires — APA, MLA, Harvard, Vancouver, Chicago, or IEEE.

APA Citation Generator

Author-date format for psychology, social sciences, and education.

MLA Citation Generator

Works Cited format for humanities and literature.

Harvard Referencing Generator

Author-date common in UK and Australian universities.

Vancouver Citation Generator

Numbered references for medicine and biomedical research.

Chicago Citation Generator

Notes-bibliography or author-date for history and the arts.

IEEE Citation Generator

Bracketed numbers for engineering and computer science.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I convert a DOI to RIS?
Paste the DOI or doi.org URL into CiteMe. The tool queries CrossRef and returns an RIS entry with TY (type), AU (authors), TI (title), JO (journal), VL/IS/SP (volume/issue/pages), PY (year), and DO (DOI) tags populated.
Which reference managers accept the file?
Any RIS-compatible tool: EndNote (all versions), Zotero, Mendeley, Papers, Paperpile, Citavi, RefWorks. RIS is the de facto universal interchange format for reference managers.
Can I paste a doi.org link directly?
Yes. Paste the full URL (https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxx) or just the DOI identifier. CiteMe normalises the input automatically.
How is the metadata different from manual RIS entry?
CrossRef is the canonical registry for DOI-backed publications, so the metadata is whatever the publisher registered when the DOI was minted — typically authoritative for authors, title, journal, volume, issue, pages, and year. Manual RIS entry commonly misses initials, garbles page ranges, or drops issue numbers. CrossRef-backed entries also always include the DO tag (DOI field), which enables automatic reference updates in EndNote and Zotero.
Can I convert multiple DOIs at once?
One DOI per request on this tool. For bulk conversion, paste a full reference list into /tools/bibtex-converter and export as RIS, or use the /api/v1/cite endpoint (free tier: 60 requests/min) to script it. The single-DOI UI is tuned for one-shot citation lookups, not bulk ingest.

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