ACS Citation Generator

Create accurate ACS style in-text citations and references in seconds - free, no sign-up.

Last updated: June 2026

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Configure your request on the left and hit Generate to get ACS style citations.

How It Works

Cite in ACS Format in 4 Steps

No manual formatting, no style-guide hunting - just accurate ACS citations ready to paste.

1

Choose Your Mode

Cite a URL/DOI/ISBN, enter source details manually, find sources by topic, or build an annotated bibliography.

2

Enter Your Source

Paste a link or identifier, or type the author, title, year, and publication details for your source.

3

Generate ACS Citations

Get a ACS style in-text citation and full reference instantly, formatted with correct punctuation and italics.

4

Build Your Reference List

Add each source to your ACS reference list, then copy or export the whole bibliography in one click.

Other Formats

Need a Different Citation Style?

Cite in any of 17 styles. Switch to the format your assignment requires.

APA MLA Chicago AMA IEEE ASA ACS Turabian CSE Harvard Vancouver NLM APSA Bluebook AAA OSCOLA MHRA
FAQ

ACS Citation Generator FAQ

Everything you need to know about citing in ACS style.

A ACS citation generator is a free online tool that automatically creates citations and references in ACS style format. You provide a URL, DOI, ISBN, or the source details, and the tool builds a correctly formatted in-text citation and reference-list entry.
Yes. All citations follow the current ACS style guidelines, with correctly formatted in-text citations and reference-list entries - the right punctuation, italics, capitalisation, and ordering.
An in-text citation is the short marker placed in the body of your paper that points to a source. The reference is the full entry in your reference list that gives the author, year, title, source, and DOI or URL. This tool generates both for every source.
Yes. Paste a URL, DOI, or ISBN, or switch to manual entry and choose Website, Book, Journal Article, or Newspaper to enter the details yourself. The tool builds the correct ACS reference for each source type.
Yes. You can generate ACS citations free with no sign-up. Sign up free to keep generating beyond the free limit and to build a saved reference list across sessions.
Generate a citation for each source and click Add to reference list. Your sources accumulate in one ACS reference list that you can copy, export to Word, or download as BibTeX.

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