Terms of Use
Last updated: November 14, 2026
By using CleanCitation you agree to these terms.
1. Free to use.
CleanCitation is free and needs no account. You may use the citations it creates in your own papers and projects.
2. Check your citations.
We work hard to format citations correctly and to flag details we couldn't find or aren't sure about. But information found online can be wrong or incomplete, and your instructor or publisher may have their own requirements. You are responsible for checking every citation before you submit your work.
3. No warranty.
CleanCitation is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind. To the extent allowed by law, we are not liable for any loss arising from your use of the service, including lower grades or rejected submissions.
4. Fair use of the service.
Don't use automated tools to send large numbers of requests, try to get around our rate limits, use the service to access private or internal networks, or interfere with how it runs. We may block access that does.
5. Third-party content.
Source details come from public web pages and catalogs. We don't own that content and aren't responsible for it.
6. Open-source software and styles.
Formatting is powered by citeproc-js (© Frank Bennett), licensed under the Common Public Attribution License. citeproc-js implements the Citation Style Language. Citation styles come from the CSL project (https://citationstyles.org/), licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
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8. Changes.
We may update these terms. Continuing to use CleanCitation after a change means you accept the new terms.