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FormatCitation on Scholar Sidekick

Format scholarly identifiers into a finished citation in a style — vancouver (default), ama, apa, ieee, cse, or any of 10,000+ CSL styles. Read-only.

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What this tool does

Format scholarly identifiers into a finished citation in a style — vancouver (default), ama, apa, ieee, cse, or any of 10,000+ CSL styles. Read-only. Use it on Scholar Sidekick with an agent. It runs in the browser on the website and needs no package install.

How to install

Open the scholar-sidekick.com website and ask your browser agent to use formatCitation

Run with an agent

Use the formatCitation tool on scholar-sidekick.com with text: <string>, style: <string>, lang: <string>, footnote: <boolean>, output: <string>. Return the structured result and cite the source page.

Input contract

text string One or more identifiers (DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv, ISSN, ADS bibcode, WHO IRIS URL) separated by newlines or commas.
style string Citation style: vancouver (default), ama, apa, ieee, cse, or a CSL id.
lang string Locale (e.g. en-US, en-GB, fr-FR).
footnote boolean Footnote form instead of bibliography.
output string Default text.

Verify the live listing at the source before a production call. Fields marked as a starter contract may differ from what the site expects.

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