RIS to CSL-JSON Converter
For Pandoc and Quarto users, CSL-JSON is the native bibliography format. Feed this page the RIS your database or manager exported and get back a structured JSON array — every record parsed locally, nothing uploaded anywhere.
When you need this
Slots into docs-as-code workflows: reviewers send RIS attachments, your repo's citation file is references.json, this page is the adapter.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I convert RIS to CSL-JSON?
- For Pandoc and Quarto users, CSL-JSON is the native bibliography format. Feed this page the RIS your database or manager exported and get back a structured JSON array — every record parsed locally, nothing uploaded anywhere. Everything is free, with no account and no conversion limit.
- Is my data uploaded anywhere?
- No — the RIS 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 RIS to CSL-JSON conversion useful?
- Slots into docs-as-code workflows: reviewers send RIS attachments, your repo's citation file is references.json, this page is the adapter.
- 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.