URL to Citation Generator — Extract DOI, Author, and Site Metadata
Paste an article URL, website link, report URL, or doi.org link and CiteMe extracts the metadata you need to build a complete citation. Great for pulling title, author, publication name, date, and DOI when the page exposes it.
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What to do next
How it works
Step 1
Paste the URL or DOI link
Enter any article URL, webpage, doi.org link, report page, or publisher landing page. CiteMe looks for title, author, publication date, website or journal name, and structured metadata.
Step 2
Extract metadata and DOI
Review the extracted fields, including title, author, site name, canonical URL, and DOI when the page exposes one. Then choose from APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, or any of 60+ supported citation styles.
Step 3
Generate the citation or continue to DOI workflows
Copy the formatted citation, or keep going into DOI-based citation, RIS, or BibTeX workflows when the page reveals a DOI behind the URL.
Best URLs to paste for citation extraction
The best URLs are the original source pages: publisher landing pages, journal article pages, government reports, organization pages, and the public page where the content was published. Avoid shortened links, tracking links, or search-result URLs whenever possible.
How CiteMe extracts title, site name, and DOI from URLs
Article URLs often expose metadata in page tags rather than in the visible URL path. CiteMe checks canonical tags, Open Graph fields, JSON-LD, and structured metadata to recover the article title, publication name, author, date, and DOI when the page provides them.
When to switch from URL lookup to DOI or RIS
If the page belongs to a journal article and exposes a DOI, DOI lookup is usually cleaner because it resolves the official publisher metadata directly. If you need a reference-manager file, DOI to RIS is the best next step for EndNote, Zotero, and Mendeley. URL lookup remains the right path for websites, online reports, blogs, and pages without a DOI.
Supported citation styles
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
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Is this a URL to DOI converter?
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