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CSL-JSON to RIS Converter

CSL-JSON is wonderful inside Pandoc pipelines and opaque to most reference managers' import dialogs. Converting to RIS makes the same records universally importable — each item mapped to TY/AU/TI tags in your browser, nothing sent to a server.

When you need this

The hand-off problem: your bibliography is a references.json in a git repo, and your advisor wants it 'in EndNote' by Friday.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I convert CSL-JSON to RIS?
CSL-JSON is wonderful inside Pandoc pipelines and opaque to most reference managers' import dialogs. Converting to RIS makes the same records universally importable — each item mapped to TY/AU/TI tags in your browser, nothing sent to a server. 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 RIS conversion useful?
The hand-off problem: your bibliography is a references.json in a git repo, and your advisor wants it 'in EndNote' by Friday.
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.

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