PubMed to BibTeX

PubMed to BibTeX gives biomedical references a direct route into your project. Start with the PMID from PubMed, then inspect the article record before saving it.

Use it when

• the source is indexed in PubMed;
• you have a PMID or PubMed URL;
• medical journal details and author order need to be carried into BibTeX.

A PMID is not a DOI. Keep each identifier in its own field, and cite the version you read. Use DOI to BibTeX when the DOI record is the better match for the final publication.

Retrieve the citation

1. Open PubMed to BibTeX, or run /pubmed-to-bibtex.
2. Enter a PMID such as 31452104, or paste a PubMed URL.
3. Choose Look up.
4. Review the title, authors, journal, year, volume, issue, pages or article number, DOI, and PMID.
5. Copy the BibTeX, reference, or in-text form, or save a .bib file.

The lookup contacts a public medical-literature catalog and needs a network connection. Edits and style formatting stay local.

Verify clinical and publication details

Check the record against the article and note whether it is an online-ahead-of-print version, correction, retraction notice, protocol, or final report. Citation metadata does not assess the study’s quality or clinical relevance.

Do not confuse retrieval with appraisal

The tool makes a record easier to cite. It does not tell you whether the evidence is current, applicable, or safe to use in a clinical decision.

For topic discovery and comparison across scholarly indexes, use Find Citations.