CSL-JSON to BibTeX Converter
Sometimes the flow reverses: a bibliography born in a Pandoc or Zotero pipeline needs to feed a LaTeX build. This converter reads the CSL-JSON array in your browser and emits BibTeX entries with types and fields mapped back from the CSL model.
When you need this
For the Quarto author whose co-author insists on Overleaf: keep references.json canonical and generate the .bib on demand.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I convert CSL-JSON to BibTeX?
- Sometimes the flow reverses: a bibliography born in a Pandoc or Zotero pipeline needs to feed a LaTeX build. This converter reads the CSL-JSON array in your browser and emits BibTeX entries with types and fields mapped back from the CSL model. Everything is free, with no account and no conversion limit.
- Is my data uploaded anywhere?
- No — the CSL-JSON you paste or upload is parsed entirely in your browser. The conversion runs fully offline in the page — nothing is sent to any server.
- When is a CSL-JSON to BibTeX conversion useful?
- For the Quarto author whose co-author insists on Overleaf: keep references.json canonical and generate the .bib on demand.
- Can I convert to other styles and formats too?
- Yes. CitationEasy's generator formats any source in 10,832 citation styles, the bibliography exports Word, RTF, BibTeX, RIS, and CSL-JSON, and the converter hub lists every direct conversion pair. If you need a style-to-style rewrite of already-formatted text, use the Citation Format Converter tool instead.