Updates
Coming soon
We are constantly updating the Citation Generator to provide the best possible experience for our users. Here are some of the exciting new features we are working on:
- A faster and more reliable search tool to automatically generate citations for web pages, articles, and books.
- Support for more popular citation styles.
- Support for even more source types.
- An easy way to improve the data of a source, such as by adding missing information.
- The ability to import sources from other file formats.
9 March, 2023
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
7 March, 2023
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
6 March, 2023
- Not sure how to cite sources like ChatGPT? Universities and citation agencies are still figuring out if and when it’s appropriate to mention ChatGPT and similar platforms in your work. There is no clear consensus yet. Learn more about this in our Knowledge Base.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
23 February, 2023
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
17 February, 2023
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
16 February, 2023
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
15 February, 2023
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
9 February, 2023
- 🎓 It is now possible to generate your citations in the “IEEE” citation style.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
7 February, 2023
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
1 February, 2023
- The examples of in-text citations and footnotes have been completely revamped and should give you more information on how and when to use them.
- We’ve improved the automatic capitalization of contributor names in your citations.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
26 January, 2023
- Our powerful search feature just got better. We’re slowly rolling it out to more users and in a few weeks, everyone will have access. Expect improved performance and a better user experience. Stay tuned!
25 January, 2023
- You can now create a new folder or list directly from breadcrumb navigation. Just click the down arrow next to your folder or list name at the top of the screen and select “Create List/Folder.”
12 January, 2023
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
9 January, 2023
- Fixed a bug where the serial comma was accidentally removed in some languages.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
5 January, 2023
- 📋 You can now export your whole list to your clipboard. Just click on the three dots menu and click on ‘Export to clipboard’.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
2 January, 2023
- 🎇 Happy New Year!
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
22 December, 2022
- 🌐 Introducing our brand new Chrome extension – This handy tool allows you to cite any page or article with a single click. Give it a try and let us know what you think!
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
14 December, 2022
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
8 December, 2022
- 🗓️ You can now clear the date accessed field with a single button.
- When you click sign up, you are now redirected to the sign up page instead of the log in page.
- Fixed a bug where capitalization suggestions were not shown.
- Fixed a bug where the month and year selection for the date access field was not always working
correctly.
5 December, 2022
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
2 December, 2022
- 👥 We’ve completely updated the feature to add contributors to a source. This now works much more intuitively.
- 🗓️ The date you accessed the source is now always visible in a reference when you add it manually. Before this change, it was only shown in some citation styles when the publication date was unknown.
- It is now possible to remove your list as a guest user.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
24 November, 2022
- 🎓 It is now possible to generate your citations in the “Chicago full notes and bibliography” and “Chicago author-date” citation style.
- 🔎 When searching for a source, you now have the option to edit the source before adding it to your list.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
23 November, 2022
- Big improvements in code quality, which means fewer bugs and better reliability.
22 November, 2022
- For now, we’ve disabled the use of URLs to find journal articles because it didn’t work. The good news is that we’re working on a major update to search, which should go live early next year.
21 November, 2022
- 🪞 It is now possible to copy sources to other lists, or make a copy of the source in the same list!
- 📋 When you copy something for the first time, we also ask you which application you are copying to. This will make your reference look perfect in Microsoft Word and Google Docs!
- Minor bug fixes/improvements.
8 November, 2022
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
7 November, 2022
- 🎓 It is now possible to generate your citations in the “Harvard Cite Them Right” citation style.
- Fixed an issue where the name of countries where not correctly displayed in a reference.
- We now only add the access date to the source when using the search function when the citation style and source type require it. You can still add or remove the access date manually.
- Big improvements in code quality, which means fewer bugs and better reliability.
31 October, 2022
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
25 October, 2022
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
24 October, 2022
- 🔐 You can now sign in with Google or Facebook directly from within the Citation Generator.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
20 October, 2022
- 🔎 Finding journal articles is now much faster and more reliable!
19 October, 2022
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
18 October, 2022
- We have given the layout a small update. For example, the sidebar can now be seen on the left side, and we have placed a number of components in a more logical place.
17 October, 2022
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
13 October, 2022
- Fixed an issue where usernames where not correctly shown in the generated references.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
12 October, 2022
- We’ve renamed ‘My library’ to ‘My lists’.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
11 October, 2022
- 🔀 You can now switch between lists and folders via the breadcrumbs. Just click the down arrow next to the name of the folder or list at the top of the screen.
- Big improvements in code quality, which means fewer bugs and better reliability.
7 October, 2022
- 📃 When you click on a source with a DOI (such as a journal article), you can now see how this source is cited in other works.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
6 October, 2022
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
5 October, 2022
- Big improvements in performance.
30 September, 2022
- Fixed displaying suffixes in citations.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
28 September, 2022
- 💡 The last added source is now highlighted in the reference list.
- We have made it possible to temporarily import sources and lists from the previous version of the Citation Generator into the new version.
23 September, 2022
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
19 September, 2022
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
14 September, 2022
- 🐵 Fortunately, we have found the names of your lists again and they are visible again in the app. Thanks for your patience!
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
12 September, 2022
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
9 September, 2022
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
8 September, 2022
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
7 September, 2022
- 🙈 Oops, the names of your lists may all look the same. We are aware of the issue and are currently resolving it. We apologize for the inconvenience.
6 September, 2022
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
5 September, 2022
Big update
- 🎨 Completely new design: citing and organization just got even easier!
- 🗃 A personal library for all your lists.
- 📁 Organize your lists in folders.
- 🎙️ More source types to choose from (hello podcasts, patents and TV shows).
- 🔀 Easy switching between citation styles.