annotations, references and citations

In general, avoid citing Wikipedia as a source in academic writing. If you do cite it, make sure to follow the correct citation format.

References and citations are most used in research workflows.

There are citation formatting styles that allow people to agree on and follow the same structure when writing citations. Some formats are APA (American Psychological Association), MLA (Modern Language Association) and Chicago.

Reference Managers

• JabRef (Open source, cross-platform)
• Zotero (Open source, cross-platform)
• Mendeley

Open APIs

• Crossref

• Openalex

• Semantic Scholar

• Bibify

  • citation generation service, not a full academic search engine
  • only supports searching for books and websites
  • supports formatting using citation styles