How can I get a formatted citation for a DOI?

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The DOI Citation Formatter has moved

Since January 2025, the DOI Foundation runs the DOI Citation Formatter.

Users of DataCite's DOI Citation Formatter (formerly at https://citation.crosscite.org/) will be redirected to the DOI Foundation service.

What is the DOI 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. This service is built using DOI Content Negotiation.

This service works across all DOI Registration Agencies.

Who can use the DOI 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 resource 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

Please send questions or comments to [email protected].