Citation Counter

Summary

Citation Counter scans pasted academic text and identifies all inline citations regardless of style. It detects APA parenthetical references (Author, Year), MLA author–page format (Author Page), Chicago footnote markers, and plain numeric styles like [1] or (3). The tool reports total citation count, citation density per 100 words, and a deduplicated list of unique source references.

How it works

1. Paste or type your academic text into the input area.
2. Select the citation style(s) you want to detect, or leave all checked to catch everything.
3. Click "Analyze Citations" to scan the text.
4. Review the summary panel: total citations, word count, density, and unique sources.
5. Expand the sources list to see every distinct reference pulled from the text.
6. Click "Copy Report" to copy the full analysis to your clipboard.

Use cases

• Check how evenly citations are distributed across a research paper.
• Quickly count references in a draft before submission.
• Identify over-cited or under-cited sections in an essay.
• Verify that all in-text APA citations follow the (Author, Year) format.
• Audit a literature review for missing or duplicate source references.
• Count numeric citations in a journal article or technical report.
• Prepare a citation summary for a research supervisor or editor.

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