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Citation

Citation generator and writing workspace

FreemiumEducation+2Listed Oct 28, 2026

About Citation

Citation is a citation generator and writing workspace for students, researchers and writers. Find source details by title, URL, DOI or ISBN, create citations in APA, MLA, Chicago and other styles, and build your bibliography as you write. Keep sources beside your draft, review writing suggestions before accepting them, and export documents and bibliographies. Its AI writing tools help draft and rewrite text. AI suggestions may contain errors, so review text and source information before use.

What Citation does

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Users find source details, generate formatted citations and bibliographies, and keep references connected to a draft while writing.

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  • Formatting citations in a chosen style
  • Building a bibliography while writing
  • Keeping sources beside a draft
  • Reviewing a draft against its sources
  • Exporting documents and bibliographies

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