Citation Format Converter
Turn APA into MLA, Chicago into Vancouver, Harvard into IEEE, and more.
Citation tools for researchers
Every citation task you need, in one clean workspace.
Generate, convert, extract, fix, and match citations without opening a full reference manager. LumaCite turns messy research sources into copy-ready references in seconds.
Popular citation tools
Single-purpose tools for the jobs researchers, students, editors, and librarians repeat every week.
DOI, URL, ISBN, PMID, arXiv to Citation
Paste an identifier or link and get a clean reference plus in-text citation.
Extract References From PDF
Upload a paper and pull out its reference list, identifiers, and exportable entries.
Extract Citations From Text
Paste a bibliography, DOCX text, or Google Docs copy and structure the citations.
DOI Extractor
Find every DOI hidden in references, pasted text, bibliographies, or article pages.
Reference Checker
Detect missing metadata, broken DOI links, duplicates, and inconsistent formatting.
BibTeX, RIS, EndNote, CSL Converter
Convert reference files for Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, Overleaf, and journals.
Bulk Citation Generator
Paste a list of DOIs, PMIDs, URLs, or ISBNs and generate a complete bibliography.
Sort and Hanging Indent Formatter
Alphabetize references, normalize spacing, and prepare a clean bibliography block.
In-Text Citation Matcher
Compare manuscript citations against the bibliography and flag missing matches.
Workflow
Build flow
Create a manuscript cleanup flow
Extract references, check metadata, convert style, then match every in-text citation.
Work your way
Fast utilities for the different ways people actually handle research sources.
Paste from anywhere
Drop in messy text from a PDF, web page, Word document, or bibliography section.
OpenBuilt for quick checks
Use small tools for one citation problem instead of setting up a whole project.
OpenExport for your workflow
Move results into Google Docs, Word, Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, or Overleaf.
OpenResearch-ready automation
Get more from every source you collect.
- Batch-generate references from hundreds of identifiers.
- Extract citations from PDFs and clean the results in one pass.
- Run manuscript checks before submission or thesis review.
Citation cleanup made simple
From rough references to publication-ready entries.
LumaCite focuses on the small, annoying tasks that slow down research writing: extracting, verifying, reformatting, and matching citations.
See all toolsCitation utilities for serious research work
Designed for students, labs, librarians, editors, systematic reviewers, and anyone who needs fast citation cleanup without leaving the browser.
Structured exports
Identifier lookup
Bibliography QA