# AI Citation Manager: BibTeX, APA, MLA

> AI citation manager for researchers. Import BibTeX and RIS, extract references from PDFs, look up DOIs, and export in APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, and more.

Source: https://www.alfredscholar.com/features/citation-manager/

Citation Manager

## Manage citations without the *headache*.

Import from BibTeX and RIS, auto-extract references from uploaded PDFs, look up any DOI, and export in APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, Harvard, or Vancouver. A citation manager built into your research workspace so you never leave your workflow.

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In and out

### Import and export in every format you need

Import from

- BibTeX files (.bib) from Zotero, Mendeley, Google Scholar, or any reference manager
- RIS files (.ris) from databases like Web of Science, PubMed, or Scopus
- PDF auto-extraction that pulls references directly from uploaded research papers
- DOI lookup that fetches full metadata from OpenAlex, CrossRef, Semantic Scholar, and DataCite

Export and format as

- APA 7th Edition for psychology, education, and social sciences
- MLA 9th Edition for humanities, literature, and languages
- Chicago / Turabian for history, arts, and interdisciplinary work
- IEEE, Harvard, Vancouver for engineering, science, and medical journals
- BibTeX and RIS export for compatibility with any other tool

"Your library arrives intact, and leaves intact, whenever you want."

Beyond formatting

### More than just a citation formatter

#### Automatic metadata enrichment

Enter a DOI and Alfred fetches the full citation record from OpenAlex, CrossRef, Semantic Scholar, DataCite, and Unpaywall. Authors, journal, volume, pages, publication date, abstract, and open access links are filled in automatically.

#### 17 citation types

Articles, books, book chapters, conference papers, preprints, theses, technical reports, datasets, software, patents, reports, webpages, newspaper articles, magazine articles, standards, reviews, and more. Every type gets properly formatted.

#### Linked to your documents

Citations are linked to the uploaded papers they come from. When you view a document, you see its citations. When you view a citation, you see which documents reference it. Everything stays connected.

#### Custom citation styles

Create custom citation styles for journals with specific formatting requirements. Choose author ordering (first name first or last name first), title casing, and in-text citation format at the workspace level.

#### Citation Constellation

Start from a DOI and explore its reference and citation relationships as a navigable starfield. Search the graph, follow connections between papers, and keep an exploration trail of where you have been.

Where to next

### Part of your complete research workspace

Go deeper

#### Manuscript Editor

Insert citations from your library straight into the draft.

Compare

#### Alfred Scholar vs Zotero

Everything a reference manager does, beside the reading and the writing.

What it costs

#### Plans and pricing

Pro is ₹899 a month in India and $19 elsewhere. Lab seats five. Start with a trial either way.

### Stop fighting with citation formats.

Import your existing library and Alfred handles the formatting.

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