Create Custom Citations

You can create a customized citation for your OSF project that's different from the default styles available. A custom citation communicates to others how you want them to cite your materials, and gives you the flexibility to add metadata, such as publication information or a group name.

You must have admin permissions on the project in order to create a custom citation.

Adding a custom citation will remove MLA, APA, and other styles from the list of citations - default citations can be reverted at any time.

Add a custom citation

Open your project, then expand the "Citation" section.

Find the Citation section on the project page

Click the Customize link in the top right.


Select the Customize citation icon

A textbox will appear.

Enter your custom citation in the textbox, then click Save.

Modal to enter custom citation

The custom citation will be displayed in the "Citations" section.

View Custom citation

Click the Copy to Clipboard button to copy the citation.

Click the Copy to Clipboard option to copy the custom citation

Revert to default citations

Click the Edit link in the top right of the "Citations" section.

To revert to default, click the edit icon in Citation section

A textbox will appear.

Click the Remove button.

Click the Remove button to remove the custom citation

The custom citation will be removed, and the default citations will be reverted.

Citations section will no longer display custom citation

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