BibTeX to ASA Citation Converter

Convert BibTeX entries to ASA 7th edition references in seconds. Paste any @article or @book entry and copy a clean ASA citation. Free, no sign-up.

BibTeX to ASA Citation Converter

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What is BibTeX?

BibTeX is the reference format used by LaTeX and by reference managers such as Zotero, JabRef, and Mendeley. Each entry starts with an @ sign and a type – @article, @book, @inproceedings – followed by a citation key and a set of field–value pairs for authors, title, journal, year, and pages. BibTeX stores the raw data of a reference rather than a formatted citation, which makes it ideal input for conversion: every field is already labeled, so nothing has to be guessed from punctuation. Paste one or more entries into CiteTools and the parser reads the fields directly. The citation is built from the fields in your entry, as you wrote them, and is marked As written. The output is a finished citation you can paste into a paper written in Word or Google Docs.

How the BibTeX to ASA conversion works

Copy a BibTeX entry from your .bib file or reference manager and paste it into the input field.
CiteTools parses the entry’s fields and decodes LaTeX markup such as protective braces and accent commands.
Copy the formatted citation, or export the result as plain text, RIS, Word, Rich Text, LaTeX, or PDF.

Example input:

@article{watson1953,
  author  = {Watson, James D. and Crick, Francis H. C.},
  title   = {Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids},
  journal = {Nature},
  volume  = {171},
  pages   = {737--738},
  year    = {1953},
  doi     = {10.1038/171737a0}
}

About ASA Style

American Sociological Association - used in sociology and related social sciences.

ASA style, from the ASA Style Guide, 7th edition, is the author-date system of sociology and many other social sciences. The first author is inverted and the others keep normal order, all with full first names. Article titles sit in quotation marks, the journal name is italic, and the year follows the authors. A DOI closes the reference as doi: and the number. The list runs in alphabetical order, and the in-text citation is the surname and the year, with a colon before a page.

Frequently asked questions

Which BibTeX entry types are supported?

The common types all work: @article, @book, @incollection, @inproceedings, @phdthesis, @techreport, and @misc. CiteTools maps each type onto the matching reference form in your chosen style.

Do I need the full entry?

The parser needs the fields your target style prints. Author, title, and year produce a usable citation; adding journal, volume, and pages makes it complete. A missing field stays missing. Paste the DOI on its own if you want the registered record.

Will braces and LaTeX escapes be cleaned up in ASA?

Yes. Protective braces around capital letters and LaTeX accent commands are decoded before formatting, so the ASA output contains normal readable text instead of markup.

BibTeX to ASA Citation Converter