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CiteKit
Open Reference Library
Reference manager and citation toolkit

Source-to-Publish Reference Infrastructure

Bring reference data straight into your content stack, and CiteKit parses it, verifies it, and renders it — structured inline citations, tooltips, footnotes, and a complete end-of-article bibliography, all from one stored record.

Save your references → Create a bibliography
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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
Portable References Parser
Parse
Paste AI-assisted or imported content and recover the structured references behind its citations.
Semaglutide produced sustained weight loss [cite id="wilding-2021"].
— reference manifest: 3 portable references
DOIWilding, J. P. H. et al. — Once-Weekly Semaglutide (NEJM)Verified
RPTWorld Health Organization — Obesity and overweight fact sheetYear conflict
NEWSUnknown — no identifier suppliedUnresolved
Asserted metadata is kept alongside the retrieved record, never silently overwritten. Export as HTML, Markdown, WordPress, CSL-JSON, BibTeX, or RIS.
Tools
Portable References Parser
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.
One reusable Reference Library
Source information is parsed once and stored as a reusable Reference. The same reference then renders as inline citations, tooltips, bibliographies, reference sets, and machine-readable Citation Schema.
Parse to publish

Three stages between a raw source and a published page.

Reference data comes in, becomes one structured record, and renders wherever the article needs it. Nothing is re-keyed, nothing is formatted twice.

  1. Ingest

    Sources arrive in whatever form you have them.

    Raw to reference
    Paste a reference payload straight into the editor. No field-by-field re-keying.
    Universal parsing
    DOIs, ISBNs, PubMed IDs, YouTube links, and URLs resolve into one standard record.
    Decoupled data
    Source data stays independent of formatting, so styles change without touching post content.
    Portable References Parser →

  2. Render

    One record produces every citation surface.

    Dual output
    Inline numbers, footnotes, and tooltips plus the end-of-page bibliography entry.
    Site-wide updates
    Correct a reference once and every post using it renders from the corrected record.
    Search-ready metadata
    Citation Schema (JSON-LD) published alongside the visible bibliography.
    Reference Manager for WordPress →

  3. Verify

    The source trail holds up before and after publishing.

    Link health
    Flag broken URLs, dead DOIs, redirects, and missing metadata before the page ships.
    Publish beyond WordPress
    The Live Source List Embed carries a Reference Set to Ghost, Webflow, Shopify, or a static site.
    Audit-ready records
    An exact trail back to primary research, datasets, AI-generation metadata, and timestamped video.
    Citation Link Checker →

One reference manager for WordPress and the web.

CiteKit Reference Manager includes Reference Manager for WordPress and Reference Manager for Web. Both use the same Source-to-Reference model while fitting different publishing environments.

Reference Manager for WordPress Available now

Parse sources, store them once, and render citations, footnotes, tooltips, bibliographies, and Citation Schema inside WordPress — with a site-wide Reference Library behind every output.

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Reference Manager for Web

Manage References and Reference Sets on the web, generate Bibliographies and source lists, and publish them to external sites with the Live Source List Embed.

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Ingest→ Render→ Verify→ 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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Cite this article
Smith, J., & Jones, R. (2026). How online publishers cite their sources. Your Publication.
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Built for publishers where the sources matter.

CiteKit gives online 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.

Legal publishing →
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 →
Research

Research publishing

Turn research-heavy collections into web-ready citations and bibliographies.

Research publishing →
Independent

Independent publishers

Keep research and references organized without a large newsroom or editorial stack.

Independent publishers →

Free citation, bibliography, and reference tools.

Generate a Citation, build a Bibliography, check source links, or work with Source Metadata without an account. When a Source matters beyond one output, save it as a reusable Reference in CiteKit.

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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 a URL, DOI, ISBN, or PubMed ID.

Open →

Bibliography Generator

Add multiple sources and generate a formatted bibliography ready to copy.

Open →

Link Checker

Check whether DOIs, ISBNs, and URLs point to reachable sources before you publish.

Open →
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.

Save your references → Try the bibliography generator