Citation Formatter — Academic Citation Format Conversion Tool

Reference Format

Journal Article:

Author. (Year). Article title. Journal Name, Volume(Issue), Pages. https://doi.org/xxx

Book:

Author. (Year). Title (Edition). Publisher.
Author. (Year). Title (Editor, Ed.). Publisher.

Edited Book Chapter:

Chapter Author. (Year). Chapter title. In Editor (Ed.), Book title (pp. Pages). Publisher.

Dissertation/Thesis:

Author. (Year). Title [Master's thesis/Doctoral dissertation, University Name]. Database/URL.

Web Page:

Author/Organization. (Year, Month Day). Title. Site Name. URL

Report:

Organization Name. (Year). Report title (Report No.). URL

MLA 9th Edition

In-text Citations

Works Cited

Journal: Author. "Article Title." Journal Name, vol. Volume, no. Issue, Year, pp. Pages.
Book: Author. Title. Publisher, Year.
Web: Author. "Title." Site Name, Date, URL.

Chicago (Author-Date Style)

In-text Citations

(Author Year, Page)
Example: (Kim 2023, 45)

References

Journal: Author. Year. "Article Title." Journal Name Volume (Issue): Pages.
Book: Author. Year. Title. City: Publisher.

BibTeX Conversion

@article{kim2023,
  author  = {Kim, Minjun and Lee, Soojin},
  title   = {Article Title Here},
  journal = {Journal Name},
  year    = {2023},
  volume  = {15},
  number  = {3},
  pages   = {123--145},
  doi     = {10.1234/example}
}

@book{park2022,
  author    = {Park, Jihye},
  title     = {Book Title Here},
  publisher = {Publisher Name},
  year      = {2022},
  edition   = {2nd}
}

Citation Quality Checklist

Format Verification

• 1:1 correspondence between in-text citations and reference list
• Check for orphaned citations (in text but not in references)
• Check for unused references (in list but not cited in text)
• Consistent use of the same citation style
• DOI/URL links are active
• Author name format consistency (Full name vs. Initials)
• Year accuracy

Academic Appropriateness

• Are 50% or more of sources from the last 5 years?
• Is the peer-reviewed journal ratio 70% or higher?
• Are primary sources preferentially cited? (Minimize secondary citations)
• Are key sources (highly cited papers) included?
• Are sources from diverse perspectives included without bias?

Non-English Literature Citations (APA Standard)

Journal:
Author1, Author2. (Year). Article title. Journal Name, Volume(Issue), Pages.

Book:
Author. (Year). Title. Publisher.

Thesis:
Author. (Year). Title [Master's thesis/Doctoral dissertation, University Name].

Reference list ordering: Non-English literature (alphabetical by native script) -> English literature (alphabetical) -> Other languages