Export Citation
exportCitationExport scholarly identifiers (DOI, PMID, ISBN, arXiv) as bibliography files (BibTeX, RIS, CSL JSON) for direct import into Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, or Excel.
Instructions
Export scholarly identifiers to a bibliography file format ready to write to disk or paste into a reference manager. Use when the user wants a file (.bib, .ris, .nbib, .xml, .rdf, .csv) for Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, RefWorks, BibTeX/LaTeX, Pandoc, or Excel. Format parameter is required: bib (BibTeX — LaTeX), ris (RIS — most widely supported by reference managers), csl (CSL JSON — Pandoc/Quarto), endnote-xml, endnote-refer, refworks, medline (NBIB — PubMed round-trips, clinical workflows), zotero-rdf, csv (spreadsheet-friendly), or txt (plain-text bibliography rendered with the optional style parameter — txt is the only format that uses style; the others have their own structured shape and ignore it). Accepts the same identifier formats as resolveIdentifier (DOI/PMID/PMCID/ISBN/arXiv/ISSN/ADS/WHO IRIS, prefixes tolerated), single or comma/newline-separated batch — one round trip per call. Returns: { content: string, format: string } where content is the entire bibliography in the requested format as a single string — write it to a file (.bib/.ris/.nbib/etc.) or paste it directly into the target tool. Use formatCitation instead when the user wants in-line citation text (manuscript, slide); use resolveIdentifier when they want raw structured metadata. Read-only and idempotent — safe to retry. Works anonymously against the public Scholar Sidekick API (rate-limited free tier); set SCHOLAR_API_KEY (a free ssk_ key from https://scholar-sidekick.com/account) for higher limits, or RAPIDAPI_KEY for paid RapidAPI tiers. Rate limits follow your tier.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| lang | No | BCP-47 locale tag (e.g. 'en-US') — used only when format='txt' and style is set. Ignored by structured formats. | |
| text | Yes | One or more scholarly identifiers to process — DOI (with or without https://doi.org/), PMID (with or without 'PMID:' prefix), PMCID (e.g. PMC7793608), ISBN (10 or 13 digit, hyphens tolerated), arXiv ID (with or without 'arXiv:' prefix; old-style hep-ph/0501023 also accepted), ISSN, NASA ADS bibcode (19 chars), or WHO IRIS URL. Pass identifiers verbatim — do not strip prefixes. Multiple identifiers may be separated by newlines or commas; mixed types in one batch are supported and resolved in a single round trip. | |
| style | No | Citation style ID — used only when format='txt'. Same vocabulary as formatCitation's style parameter (vancouver, apa, ama, ieee, cse, or any CSL style ID). Ignored by all other formats. | |
| format | Yes | Export format. 'bib' (BibTeX/.bib for LaTeX), 'ris' (RIS — most widely supported by reference managers), 'csl' (CSL JSON for Pandoc/Quarto), 'endnote-xml' (EndNote XML import), 'endnote-refer' (EndNote Refer/tagged), 'refworks' (RefWorks tagged), 'medline' (NBIB for PubMed round-trips), 'zotero-rdf' (Zotero RDF), 'csv' (spreadsheet-friendly), or 'txt' (plain-text bibliography rendered with the optional `style` parameter). |