An APA citation generator is a tool that turns source details into citations formatted in APA style. APA 7th edition has strict rules for author names, dates, titles, italics, and punctuation. Those rules change depending on whether you cite a book, a journal article, or a website.
Most retrievable sources cited in an APA paper appear in two places:
Our APA style citation generator creates both. Unlike tools that ask a language model to "write" a citation, our generator formats every citation with fixed APA rules. The same source details always give you the same result, with no guessing and no made-up information.
You can find the APA citation style generator right on our website. You don't need to install anything or create an account. Use the Writers Per Hour’s APA generator in your browser on desktop, tablet, or mobile, whether you're working on a lab report in class or finishing your references at 2 a.m.
The generator currently supports seven source types frequently used in student papers:
Many students get the reference list right and still lose points on in-text citations. Our APA in-text citation generator creates both formats for every source:
The generator also handles the cases that usually cause mistakes:
Titles keep the capitalization you entered or that was found, so names, places, and special terms are never changed by automatic "correction."
Used ChatGPT or another AI tool in your research? AI response is a separate source type, so you can cite a publicly shared AI conversation or reference the AI tool itself when the original response can't be retrieved.
If you try to cite a shared chat without a public link, the generator suggests Cite the AI tool instead. Both options give you a reference list entry, a parenthetical citation, and a narrative citation.
This isn't just a one-citation formatter. Add every finished citation to My references and turn it into an APA bibliography generator for your whole paper. You can:
Your references are stored only in this browser and are not added to our database. They stay after you reload the page in the same browser. They don't sync to other devices, and clearing your browser data removes them, so copy or export your bibliography when you're done.
Writers Per Hour gives you an option to export your complete bibliography to a new Google Doc and keep working. Google Drive access is requested only when you choose to export, and only with limited access to the files this export creates. Each export creates a new document, and you get a direct link to it. Signing in with Google is optional: you can create citations and build your bibliography without a Google account. If you decline access, your bibliography stays in your browser.
Automatically found details can be incomplete or wrong, and some websites provide very little metadata. Before you submit, always check the author, date, title, and publication details against the original source. The generator formats citations in APA only. It doesn't check plagiarism, write papers, or confirm facts inside your sources.
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