Bibcitation
Bibcitation is a citation generator for creating citations, bibliographies, references, and works cited.
What Bibcitation is
Bibcitation is a citation generator for creating citations, bibliographies, references, and works cited. It can automatically generate citations for books, journal articles, and websites, and supports MLA, APA, Chicago, IEEE, and more than 9,000 formats. The service says its formatting uses CSL tools. It runs on the web and as an extension, with add-ons for Chrome, Google Docs, and Microsoft Word. Users can copy a bibliography or export work to Google Docs, Word, and other popular formats. Its free plan is listed as free, with no usage limits listed on the homepage. Organizations can add a custom citation button to a webpage through a book ISBN link; that free option currently supports books only. The privacy policy says collected browser data may include browser type, language preference, referring site, requested pages, request time, and potentially IP addresses, with information stored and processed in the United States. Bibcitation says it follows generally accepted security standards but cannot guarantee absolute security.
Good
- Automatically cites books, journal articles, and websites
- Supports more than 9,000 citation formats
- Exports to Google Docs and Word
- Free plan lists no usage limits
Watch out
- Collected information is stored and processed in the United States
- Browser data may include potentially identifying IP addresses
- Security is not guaranteed to be absolute
Who it suits
Bibcitation suits students, researchers, and writers who need references in a range of citation styles. Organizations needing a webpage citation button for books may also find its ISBN-link integration relevant.
Verdict
Bibcitation covers common citation tasks across web and extension use, with many formats and export options. Review its privacy details if browser-data collection or US data storage matters to you.
Plans and prices
From Bibcitation's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | citation generation · bibliography creation · MLA, APA, Chicago and other styles |
The facts
Each one read from Bibcitation's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Account age rule
- The terms require users to be at least 13 years old.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Account options
- The same guide says accounts are optional, while signing in enables saved progress, cross-device access and collaboration.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Add-ons
- The about page lists add-ons for Chrome, Google Docs, and Microsoft Word.checked 3 Oct 2001
- Age requirement
- The terms require users to be at least 13 years old, or older if their country’s minimum age is higher.checked 3 Oct 2001
- Automatic citations
- The about page lists automatic citations for books, journal articles, and websites.checked 3 Oct 2001
- Chrome adoption
- The Chrome Web Store publisher page shows about 90,000 users for the Bibcitation extension.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Citation formats
- The about page says Bibcitation supports MLA, APA, Chicago, IEEE, and over 9,000 formats.checked 3 Oct 2001
- Citation styles
- Bibcitation supports MLA, APA, Chicago, IEEE and more than 9,000 styles.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Core workflow
- The home interface lets users add or import citations and then copy or export the resulting bibliography.checked 15 Oct 2001
- CSL foundation
- Bibcitation says its formatting accuracy is based on leading Citation Style Language tools.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Data location
- The privacy policy states that collected information is stored and processed in the United States.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Documentation status
- The official pages opened for this research provide no public API, SDK, self-hosting package or developer documentation beyond the simple website URL integration.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Export
- The about page says users can copy a bibliography or export work to Google Docs, Word, and other popular formats.checked 3 Oct 2001
- Formatting technology
- Bibcitation says it uses CSL tools for citation formatting.checked 3 Oct 2001
- Google Docs add-on
- The Google Workspace listing describes automatic citation of books, websites and journal articles, plus manual entries for videos, images and artwork.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Google Docs output
- The add-on can place in-text citations and generated bibliographies directly into Google Docs.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Google Docs review count
- The Google Workspace listing displays 29 user reviews, while Google states that its ratings and reviews are not verified.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Google Workspace installs
- The Google Workspace Marketplace listing displays 1M+ installs and was updated November 1, 2025.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Google Workspace pricing
- Google Workspace shows pricing as not available for the add-on.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Independent licence description
- AlternativeTo labels Bibcitation free to use but proprietary rather than open source.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Integration limitation
- The documented website integration currently handles books only; support for web sources, journals and movies is described as planned expansion.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Integration URL
- The integration uses a public URL containing a book ISBN in the query parameter.checked 15 Oct 2001
The company
- Company identifier
- The Chrome publisher page lists D-U-N-S number 203688127 for Checker Software Inc.checked 15 Oct 2001
- Company size
- Crunchbase lists Checker Software Inc. as a private company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, with 1–10 employees.checked 15 Oct 2001
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