Access the DataCite Citation Formatter here: http://citation.crosscite.org
What is the DataCite Citation Formatter?
The Citation Formatter takes the metadata description of a DOI and uses the information to build a citation following more than 5,000 citation styles made available by the citationstyles.org project.
The service works with DOIs from Crossref, mEDRA and ISTIC in addition to DataCite DOIs.
Who can use the DataCite Citation Formatter?
The Citation Formatter is open to the whole community. It is particularly designed for researchers to build reference lists under a convenient, simple and effective interface.
Format Citations
The Citation Formatter interface is very simple. Just fill the form including:
- The DOI of the publication/dataset you want to cite
- The citation style you want to use (you can use the drop down menu or type and auto-complete)
- The language if applies


Hit 'Format' and the citation will appear in a new box. You can use the 'Copy to clipboard' button to export it faster!


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Updated about a year ago