Citation.js converts formats like BibTeX, Wikidata JSON and BibJSON to CSL-JSON to convert to other formats like APA, Vancouver, RIS and back to BibTeX.

Read the paper "Citation.js: a format-independent, modular bibliography tool for the browser and command line" on PeerJ Computer Science.

---

Site • Repo • Getting Started • Documentation • Demo

---

Packages

Core

Core functionality:

• Cite: reference manager
• plugins: plugins manager
• util: several utility functions and classes
• version

CLI

CLI:

Usage: citation-js [options]

Options:
  -V, --version                   output the version number
  -i, --input <path>              Input file. If all input options are omitted, it uses stdin
  -t, --text <string>             Input text. If all input options are omitted, it uses stdin
  -u, --url <string>              Deprecated in favor of -t, --text. If all input options are omitted, it uses stdin
  -o, --output <path>             Output file (omit file extension). If this option is omitted, the output is written to stdout
  -R, --output-non-real           Output as a text file
  -f, --output-type <option>      Output structure type: string, html, json (default: "json")
  -s, --output-style <option>     Output scheme. A combination of --output-format json and --output-style citation-* is considered invalid. Options: csl (Citation Style Lanugage JSON), bibtex, citation-* (where * is any formatting style) (default: "csl")
  -l, --output-language <option>  Output language. [RFC 5646](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5646) codes (default: "en-US")
  -h, --help                      output usage information

Plugins

Plugin	Description
plugin-bibjson	Plugin for BibJSON formats for Citation.js
plugin-bibtex	Plugin for BibTeX formats for Citation.js
plugin-csl	Plugin for CSL output for Citation.js
plugin-doi	Plugin for DOI input for Citation.js
plugin-ris	Plugin for RIS formats for Citation.js
plugin-wikidata	Plugin for Wikidata for Citation.js