BibTeX Generator: 19 Free Converters
Free. No signup. Runs in your browser.
Turn a DOI, PubMed ID, arXiv ID or ISBN into a BibTeX entry, convert a RIS, EndNote or PubMed file into BibTeX, or turn a .bib file into APA, IEEE, a spreadsheet or another format. Everything runs in one converter below: pick what you have in From and what you need in To.
Which converter do you need?
| You have | You want | Use |
|---|---|---|
| A DOI | BibTeX | DOI to BibTeX |
| A PubMed ID (PMID) | BibTeX | PubMed to BibTeX |
| An arXiv ID | BibTeX | arXiv to BibTeX |
| An ISBN | BibTeX for a book | ISBN to BibTeX |
| A .ris export (Zotero, Mendeley, Web of Science) | BibTeX | RIS to BibTeX |
| An EndNote export | BibTeX | EndNote to BibTeX |
| A PubMed .nbib file | BibTeX, RIS or Excel | NBIB to BibTeX |
| A .bib file | A reference list in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, AMA or Vancouver | BibTeX to APA and the other style converters below |
| A .bib file | A file for EndNote, Mendeley or Zotero | BibTeX to RIS |
| A .bib file | A spreadsheet | BibTeX to Excel or CSV |
| A .bib file | CSL-JSON or HTML | BibTeX to JSON or HTML |
Each converter page explains its format in detail. The converter above does all of them; the pages just start it on the right setting.
How it works
Step 1
Paste or upload
Up to 50 identifiers at once (one per line; links work too), or a whole reference file.
Step 2
Convert
Identifiers are looked up in CrossRef, Europe PMC, arXiv, OpenLibrary and Google Books, straight from your browser. Files are read in your browser and never uploaded.
Step 3
Copy or download
Each BibTeX entry gets a readable key such as lecun2015deep, LaTeX special characters escaped, and acronyms in titles protected with braces.
Frequently asked questions
A tool that writes BibTeX entries, the reference format LaTeX reads, from something you already have: an identifier such as a DOI, or an export from a reference manager. You paste the entries into your .bib file and cite them with \cite{key}.
Yes, every converter is free and needs no signup.
Not from a title alone: searching by title often finds the wrong paper. Find the paper's DOI (it is on the article page and the PDF's first page) and use DOI to BibTeX.
BibTeX keeps accented letters as they are, for biblatex and biber. Legacy BibTeX writes them as LaTeX macros (Kr{\"a}mer) for older bibtex setups. If your preamble has \addbibresource, pick BibTeX.
No. Files never leave your browser, and identifier lookups go from your browser to the public databases. Results are gone when you close the tab, unless you choose to have them emailed to you.
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