Citation Generators by Style

The same source can look remarkably different across disciplines. Citation Generators by Style places eight formatted versions side by side, making punctuation, author treatment, title casing, and in-text form easy to compare.

Use it when

• you are choosing a style for a report or early draft;
• a reference looks wrong after changing styles and you want to see why;
• you teach or learn citation conventions;
• you need to copy one record in several house styles.

Do not choose a style by appearance alone. A journal, department, or conference may require a specific style or a modified version of one.

Compare a reference

1. Open Citation Generators by Style, or run /citation-styles.
2. Paste one complete BibTeX entry.
3. Review the cards for APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago 17 author-date, IEEE, Harvard Cite Them Right, Vancouver/NLM, AMA 11, and ACS.
4. Compare the bibliography and in-text form on each card.
5. Copy the version you need or save the original BibTeX.

A journal article with four authors, a DOI, volume, issue, and pages is a useful test: author truncation, year placement, journal emphasis, and numbering become visible immediately.

What the comparison does not decide

The tool formats the metadata you provide. It does not identify a venue’s required style, repair a missing field, or know a publisher’s local exceptions. Validation messages help with malformed or incomplete BibTeX, but factual checks remain yours.

Formatting runs on your device. For several records at once, use Bibliography Generator. For one source that begins as an identifier or title, use Citation Generator first.