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BibTeX Generator

Have you ever found yourself weary and uninspired from the tedious task of manually creating BibTeX entries for your paper?

There are, indeed, support tools and plugins that are bundled with reference managers such as Zotero, Mendeley, etc. These tools can automate the generation of a .bib file. To use them, you need to install a reference manager, its associated plugins, and a library of papers on your computer. However, these tools are not flawless. The BibTeX entries they generate often contain incomplete information, are poorly formatted, and include numerous unnecessary fields. You then still need to manually check and correct the entries.

There are the times you just need to cite a paper or two, and you don't want to go through the hassle of the aforementioned complex process. In such situations, a simple tool that allows you to quickly copy and paste a BibTeX entry into your .bib file would be ideal. Think of such a simple tool, I have looked around the Chrome extension store to see if there is any that can pick up the Bibtex while you are browsing the paper. I found some, but they do not really work.

Therefore, I decided to create my own tool to address this dilemma. I developed a Chrome extension that can generate the BibTeX entry for any browsing URL with just one click. I named it the 1click BibTeX. It delivers exactly what it is expected and has proven to be quite helpful. This extension, along with the Latex tools, will ensure that the manuscript's citations are properly formatted before they are delivered to the journal.

Usage

Install the 1click BibTeX extension on your Chrome browser. Then, whenever you're browsing a paper or any URL, just click on the extension icon, and the BibTeX entry will be instantly generated and copied to your clipboard. The remaining thing is just paste it to your .bib file.

BibTeX generator

I've tested the extension on numerous publishers and websites with varying structures and it works consistently as it was designed. The tested publishers include Elsevier, Wiley, ACS, IOP, AIP, APS, arXiv,...

Below are some examples of BibTeX entries generated by the extension 1click BibTeX:

@article{nguyen2019pattern,
    title = {Pattern transformation induced by elastic instability of metallic porous structures},
    author = {Cao Thang Nguyen and Duc Tam Ho and Seung Tae Choi and Doo-Man Chun and Sung Youb Kim },
    year = {2019},
    month = {2},
    journal = {Computational Materials Science},
    publisher = {Elsevier},
    volume = {157},
    pages = {17-24},
    doi = {10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.10.023},
    url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0927025618306955?via%3Dihub},
    accessDate = {Jan 25, 2024}
}

@article{nguyen2024an,
    title = {An Enhanced Sampling Approach for Computing the Free Energy of Solid Surface and Solid–Liquid Interface},
    author = {Cao Thang Nguyen and Duc Tam Ho and Sung Youb Kim},
    year = {2024},
    month = {1},
    journal = {Advanced Theory and Simulations},
    publisher = {John Wiley & Sons, Ltd},
    volume = {7},
    number = {1},
    pages = {2300538},
    doi = {10.1002/adts.202300538},
    url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adts.202300538},
    accessDate = {Jan 25, 2024}
}

@book{daum2003america,,
    title = {America, the Vietnam War, and the World},
    author = {Andreas W. Daum and Lloyd C. Gardner and Wilfried Mausbach},
    year = {2003},
    month = {7},
    publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
    isbn = {052100876X},
    url = {https://www.google.co.kr/books/edition/America_the_Vietnam_War_and_the_World/9kn6qYwsGs4C?hl=en&gbpv=0},
    accessDate = {Jan 25, 2024}
}

@book{rickards2011currency,
    title = {Currency Wars},
    author = {James Rickards},
    year = {2011},
    month = {11},
    publisher = {Penguin},
    isbn = {110155889X},
    url = {https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=-GDwL2s5sJoC&source=gbs_book_other_versions},
    accessDate = {Jan 25, 2024}
}

@misc{deci2024introducing,
    title = {Introducing DeciCoder-6B: The Best Multi-Language Code LLM in Its Class},
    author = {Deci},
    year = {2024},
    month = {1},
    publisher = {Deci},
    url = {https://deci.ai/blog/decicoder-6b-the-best-multi-language-code-generation-llm-in-its-class/},
    accessDate = {Jan 25, 2024}
}

@misc{kai2023forcefield,
    title = {Force-field files for "Noble gas (He, Ne and Ar) solubilities in high-pressure silicate melts calculated based on deep potential modeling"},
    author = {Wang, Kai and Lu, Xiancai and Liu, Xiandong and Yin, Kun},
    year = {2023},
    month = {3},
    publisher = {Zenodo},
    doi = {10.5281/zenodo.7751762},
    url = {https://zenodo.org/records/7751762},
    accessDate = {Jan 25, 2024}
}
  • Bibtex this page
@misc{nguyen2024bibtex,
    title = {BibTeX Generator},
    author = {Cao Thang Nguyen},
    year = {2024},
    month = {1},
    url = {https://thang.eu.org/blog/2024/01/25/bibtex_generator},
    accessDate = {Jan 25, 2024}
}

In summary, the new extension 1click BibTeX works well for most websites with varying data structures.

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