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Reference manager and citation toolkit for web publishers

Verify sources. Publish live citations and bibliographies.

Manage site-wide reference libraries, verify source health, and automate publishing bibliographies. CiteKit parses raw research data and [cite] payloads to stream live inline attributions, interactive tooltips, footnotes, and comprehensive reading lists straight to your pages from a single stored record.

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Library
References
Search referencesType ▾
Every Reference in your library — reusable across Reference Sets, tools, and publications.
RPTWorld Health Organization — Obesity and overweight fact sheet3 sets
DOIWilding, J. P. H. et al. — Once-Weekly Semaglutide (NEJM)2 sets
GOVU.S. FDA — New Drug for Chronic Weight Management1 set
SECNovo Nordisk A/S — Form 20-F Annual Report1 set
NEWSReuters — Weight-loss drug demand surges—
References / Add source
Add source
Resolve a URL, DOI, ISBN, or PMID into a structured reference saved to your library.
URLDOIISBNPubMedAI / LLMManual
DOI10.1056/NEJMoa2032183Look up & add
✓ Verified against the source
Library
Reference Sets
+ New set
Named, ordered groups of references — the unit you cite from, build bibliographies from, and publish.
My bibliography · Example Magazine
AMA12Live
Reading list
APA8Draft
GLP-1 explainer · Example Magazine
AMA9Live
General · Example Research
Vancouver21Live
Publishing
Publications
+ New publication
Sites that render your source material — each source list still embeds anywhere on the property.
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Example Magazineexample.com
WordPressAMA 11th
My bibliographyAMALive
GLP-1 explainerAMALive
Example Magazine / Publish
Live Source List Embed
Publish a Reference Set to an external site as a source list or formatted bibliography, with Citation Schema when enabled for that published output.
Source listBibliographyCitation Schema
<div class="ck-bibliography" data-citekit="rs_9f3c2a71b4e8d05f"></div>
<script src="https://cdn.citekit.com/v1/embed.js" async></script>
In WordPress, manage references with Reference Manager for WordPress and publish them with [bibliography]. The Live Source List Embed carries a Reference Set from Reference Manager for Web to sites where the plugin is not installed.
Tools
Citation generator
Turn a URL, DOI, ISBN, or PMID into a formatted citation in any style.
URLnature.com/articles/s41586-020-2545-9Generate
AMA 11thAPA 7thMLA 9thVancouver
Congreve M, de Graaf C, Swain NA, Tate CG. Structural basis of GLP-1 receptor activation. Nature. 2020;585(7823):1–6.
✓ Metadata verified against source
Tools
Bibliography generator
Render a complete, formatted bibliography from a Reference Set in the style you choose.
Source: My bibliographyStyle: AMA 11th ▾Order: as listed ▾
1. World Health Organization. Obesity and overweight fact sheet. 2024.
2. Wilding JPH, Batterham RL, Calanna S, et al. Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity. N Engl J Med. 2021;384(11):989–1002.
3. U.S. Food & Drug Administration. FDA Approves New Drug for Chronic Weight Management. 2021.
CopyCopy as HTMLExport .docx
Tools
Link checker
Run check
Check the source links stored on References across your library and flag dead or redirected destinations.
WHO — who.int/…/obesity-and-overweightHealthy
Wilding et al. — doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2032183Healthy
Reuters — reuters.com/business/healthcare/…301 redirect
FDA — fda.gov/news-events/…404 not found
Tools
LLM Reference Auditor
Parse document
Read the citation anchors and reference manifest out of AI-assisted content, then resolve each Portable Reference against the source it claims.
Semaglutide produced sustained weight loss [cite id="wilding-2021"] in adults with obesity.
<!-- citekit:references --> { "wilding-2021": { "type": "article-journal", "DOI": "10.1056/NEJMoa2032183" } }
Wilding, J. P. H. et al. — Once-Weekly Semaglutide (NEJM)Verified
World Health Organization — Obesity and overweight fact sheetVerified
Smith, A. — Year asserted 2019, source says 2020Conflict
Unnamed report — no identifier suppliedUnresolved
Asserted metadata is never silently overwritten — what the document claimed and what the source says are kept side by side for review. Parsing is free and unmetered.

Built for publishers where the sources matter.

CiteKit gives web publishers a reusable Reference layer between the Sources they research and the Citations, Bibliographies, footnotes, and source lists they publish.

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AI-assisted

AI-assisted publishing

Keep AI-assisted research and drafts connected to the identifiable sources behind factual claims.

AI-assisted publishing →
Legal

Legal publishing

Keep legal propositions connected to the cases, statutes, regulations, and guidance they rely on.

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Health

Health & nutrition

Keep evidence-dependent health claims traceable to studies, reviews, and clinical guidance.

Health & nutrition →
News

News & media

Connect facts, quotations, statistics, and reported claims to identifiable sources.

News & media →
Agencies

Content agencies

Keep client research and references traceable through drafting, review, revision, and publication.

Content agencies →
Sources→ References→ Publish→ Become a source
The publishing loop

You cite your sources. Make your own work just as easy to cite.

Every article you publish can become a source for the next writer. Cite This Article gives them a reliable way to cite your work.

Companion product · Cite This Article

Let your work become a source too.

Add clear authorship and ready-to-use citations so readers have a reliable way to cite your published work.

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About the authors
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Jane Smith
Senior Editor
Cite this article
Smith, J., & Jones, R. (2026). How web publishers cite their sources. Your Publication.
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Free citation, bibliography, and reference tools.

Create citations and bibliographies, store and reuse references, check source links, generate Citation Schema, or recover structured references from AI-assisted content.

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Citation Schema Generator

Generate Schema.org JSON-LD for citation schema so published source information is machine-readable.

Open the generator →
"@type": "ScholarlyArticle",
"author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J. P. H. Wilding" },
"datePublished": "2021"

Citation Generator

Create a formatted citation from source metadata and save it as a reusable Reference.

Open →

Bibliography Generator

Build and publish formatted bibliographies from your stored References.

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Citation Link Checker

Check links in your stored References for accessibility, redirects, failures, and reference rot.

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Reference Library

Store, organize, maintain, and reuse your References across Reference Sets and publishing workflows.

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LLM Reference Auditor

Read portable reference data from AI-assisted content and recover reusable structured References for publishing.

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Start with your sources

Build a reusable Reference Library for what you publish.

Parse sources into structured references, cite them as you write, and render citations, footnotes, bibliographies, source lists, and Citation Schema from the same underlying record.