CASRAI Citation Generator
CASRAI Citation Generator creates citations from CASRAI URLs, including dictionary terms, CRediT roles, federation pages and editorial articles.
What CASRAI Citation Generator is
CASRAI Citation Generator creates citations from CASRAI URLs, including dictionary terms, CRediT roles, federation pages and editorial articles. It recognises specified dictionary and CRediT paths and roots, as well as articles under /news/; other CASRAI URLs receive a generic WebPage citation. It can import a URL and produce APA, MLA, Chicago, Vancouver, BibTeX, RIS, CSL JSON, JATS XML and JSON-LD outputs. Generated forms include version and licence metadata. The page describes CSL JSON as usable directly with Pandoc, Zotero and other CSL-aware processors. Its plain-text APA, MLA, Chicago and Vancouver formats are approximations; for strictly conformant rendering, it recommends CSL JSON with a CSL processor. Citation strings are released under CC-BY 4.0 and may be used commercially with CASRAI credited. The page also says CASRAI URLs remain stable across releases and recommends citing the dictionary version and licence. The tool is free and web-based; it does not offer identifier lookup.
Good
- Generates nine citation formats.
- Imports CASRAI URLs.
- Includes version and licence metadata.
- CC-BY 4.0 permits credited commercial use.
Watch out
- Other CASRAI URLs get generic WebPage citations.
- Four plain-text styles are approximations.
- No identifier lookup is listed.
Who it suits
It suits people who need citations from CASRAI pages in multiple formats, especially users who can work with CSL JSON and a CSL processor for conformant rendering. Commercial users may use the generated strings with CASRAI credited.
Verdict
CASRAI Citation Generator is a free web option for creating citations from supported CASRAI URLs and exporting them in several formats. For strictly conformant output in the listed plain-text styles, use CSL JSON with a CSL processor.
Plans and prices
From CASRAI Citation Generator's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Interactive citation generator · CC-BY 4.0 · Free |
The facts
Each one read from CASRAI Citation Generator's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience
- CASRAI describes its standards as serving researchers, institutions, funders, and publishers exchanging research-administration information.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Citation formats
- It offers APA, MLA, Chicago, Vancouver, BibTeX, RIS, CSL JSON, JATS XML, and JSON-LD formats.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Citation licence
- Generated citation strings are released under CC-BY 4.0 and may be used in commercial publications with CASRAI credited as the source.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Citation metadata
- All generated forms include version and licence metadata.checked 8 Oct 2001
- CSL compatibility
- The page says CSL JSON is valid Citation Style Language input that works directly in Pandoc, Zotero, and CSL-aware processors.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Fallback behaviour
- Other CASRAI URLs fall back to a generic WebPage citation.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Plain-text limitation
- APA, MLA, Chicago, and Vancouver plain-text outputs are CSL-style approximations; the page recommends CSL JSON with a CSL processor for strictly conformant rendering.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- The generator creates citations from CASRAI URLs, including dictionary terms, CRediT roles, federation pages, and editorial articles.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Site privacy
- CASRAI's privacy policy says it uses Google Analytics 4, retains server logs for 30 days, and uses Cloudflare for DNS, caching, and basic DDoS protection.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Stable URLs
- The page states that every CASRAI URL is stable across releases and recommends including the dictionary version and CC-BY 4.0 licence in citations.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Supported URLs
- It recognises specified dictionary and CRediT paths, the dictionary and CRediT roots, and editorial articles under /news/.checked 8 Oct 2001
The company
- Maker
- CASRAI identifies itself as the Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information, a community-stewarded standards organisation founded in 2006.checked 8 Oct 2001
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