Can I extract citations from pasted bibliography text?

Yes. Paste references from a bibliography, manuscript, Word document, Google Docs, web page, RIS, or BibTeX and LumaCite splits them into structured reference rows.

Does this find DOI and PMID identifiers?

Yes. The text citation extractor detects DOI, PMID, PMCID, arXiv, ISBN, ISSN, and URL identifiers, then uses available identifiers to improve metadata and exports.

Can I export extracted citations to BibTeX or RIS?

Yes. You can copy or download BibTeX, RIS, CSL-JSON, CSV, Markdown, and a diagnostic audit report.

Is this easier than extracting references from PDFs?

Usually, yes. Pasted text from Word, Google Docs, or a bibliography keeps cleaner reading order than PDF text, so boundary detection and citation splitting are often more reliable.

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Bibliography extraction from pasted text

Extract Citations From Text

Upload a Word document or paste a bibliography, DOCX copy, Google Docs reference list, RIS block, BibTeX file, or messy manuscript text. LumaCite structures the citations, detects DOI and PMID signals, checks metadata evidence, and prepares clean exports.

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Upload Word, TXT, RTF, RIS, BibTeX, or CSV

Drop a `.docx`, `.txt`, `.rtf`, `.ris`, `.bib`, `.enw`, `.md`, or `.csv` file here. Word files are converted to plain text in your browser, then parsed with the same citation extraction engine.

Word .docx TXT / MD RTF RIS BibTeX CSV

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Or paste bibliography text, DOCX copy, Google Docs copy, RIS, BibTeX, or a references section

Input type Numbering Auto-fetch metadata after extraction Keep raw text in audit

Clean text

Split entries

Find identifiers

Parse fields

Check metadata

Export

Ready for pasted references, DOCX copy, Google Docs copy, RIS, BibTeX, or sample data.

Extraction report

Structured citation results

Outcome quality

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Paste references to see split quality, identifier coverage, duplicate detection, source checks, and export readiness.

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Reference quality report

Detected identifiers

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Metadata sources checked

Text parser checks

Extracted citations

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Text citation extraction for cleaner reference workflows

Turn pasted bibliography text into structured, export-ready citations.

LumaCite is built for the common moment when references are trapped in a Word bibliography, Google Docs copy, manuscript draft, web page, email, RIS block, or BibTeX snippet. Paste the text, split the citations, detect scholarly identifiers, review missing metadata, and export clean records for Zotero, EndNote, Mendeley, Overleaf, Word, Google Docs, spreadsheets, or manuscript QA.

01 Paste from writing tools Use text copied from Word, Google Docs, manuscripts, web pages, reference sections, RIS, or BibTeX.

02 Split citations safely Handle numbered lists, bracketed references, author-year rows, blank-line sections, RIS tags, and BibTeX entries.

03 Detect scholarly IDs Find DOI, PMID, PMCID, arXiv, ISBN, ISSN, and URL identifiers before metadata enrichment.

04 Report before export Review confidence, missing fields, duplicates, parser warnings, source checks, and export readiness.

Paste bibliography Copy from DOCX, Google Docs, a manuscript, web page, RIS, BibTeX, or plain text.

Extract and repair Split entries, detect identifiers, enrich metadata, and edit any uncertain citation row.

Export citation data Move cleaned references into Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, Overleaf, Word, Google Docs, or CSV workflows.

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Why pasted text is often easier than PDF extraction

Word and Google Docs copy usually preserves reading order better than PDF text. That gives the parser cleaner entry boundaries, fewer column-order errors, and clearer punctuation for authors, years, titles, journal names, volume, issue, and pages.

How the review report helps

LumaCite reports identifier coverage, duplicate risk, missing years, weak title detection, source checks, and row-level confidence. You can edit any citation before exporting instead of importing broken records into a reference manager.

Where the engine reuses PDF extraction lessons

The text engine borrows the same identifier, enrichment, source audit, duplicate, and export logic used for PDF references, but removes PDF-specific layout hazards so pasted bibliography cleanup can stay fast.

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Fast answers

About extracting citations from text

Can I paste references from Word or Google Docs?

Yes. Copy the bibliography or reference section from Word, DOCX text, Google Docs, or a manuscript and paste it into the extractor.

Can this parse RIS and BibTeX?

Yes. The parser detects common RIS tags and BibTeX entries, then converts them into the same editable citation review table.

Can I extract DOI, PMID, ISBN, and arXiv IDs from pasted references?

Yes. Each citation row is scanned for DOI, PMID, PMCID, arXiv, ISBN, ISSN, and URL values before metadata enrichment.

Can I export extracted citations to citation managers?

Yes. Download BibTeX, RIS, CSL-JSON, CSV, Markdown, or an audit report for Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, Overleaf, Word, Google Docs, and spreadsheet workflows.

What should I do with low-confidence rows?

Open the row, edit the title, authors, year, source, DOI, or URL, then run metadata enrichment again. The score updates after edits.