Citations

Citing references and notes as you write, the citation styles, and how the reference list is made.

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Citations are written in the text with citation keys and written out in the paper's style when it is read or exported.

You write	It means
`[@lee2004]`	A citation in brackets
`[@lee2004, p. 12]`	With a page
`[@lee2004; @barke2023]`	Several at once
`@lee2004`	In the sentence: Lee and See (2004) argue…

A reference's citation key is shown in its document's Details drawer, as Cited as, and can be changed there.

The Cite picker

Cite, above the editor, opens a picker with two tabs:

A reference: find one by author, title, year or key. Choose it, optionally type a Page (12 or 12-14), and press Insert, or Copy to put the citation on the clipboard.
A note: your notes on highlighted passages, from documents filed under a reference. Insert quotation puts in the quoted passage with its citation and page; Cite only puts in the citation alone.

Under the editor, Citations lists every citation in the section and how it will read. A key that matches no reference is marked no such reference.

Styles

Choose the style in Paper settings:

APA 7
Harvard (Cite Them Right)
IEEE
Chicago author–date

The reference list is added at the end, made from the references the paper cites. A sealed version keeps the style it was sealed with. In Settings → Writing, Make the web addresses in the reference list links makes the addresses in exported files clickable.