ChatGPT Citations

As AI assistants became part of everyday research work, a practical gap appeared: there is no standard, accepted way to cite a conversation with a chatbot. ChatGPT Citations takes a pragmatic approach by letting you generate a BibTeX-style entry derived from the conversation you just had, which you can then drop into a LaTeX bibliography or reference manager alongside your other sources.

The extension is intentionally minimal. It adds a citation affordance to the ChatGPT interface, produces an entry in the widely used BibTeX/BibLaTeX family of formats, and otherwise stays out of the way. At around 27 KB with a single developer behind it, it is a niche utility rather than a full reference management suite, so it complements tools like Zotero or BibDesk rather than replacing them.

Because citation conventions for AI-generated content are still evolving and vary by institution, treat the generated entry as a helpful starting point and check it against your department's or journal's current guidance. Note also that the Chrome Web Store privacy disclosure lists 'website content' as data the extension handles, which is expected for a tool that reads the page it runs on.