Smart Citations While You Write, Directly in Microsoft Word
Livewrite Smart Citations let you highlight any sentence or paragraph and instantly perform a targeted literature search from within Microsoft Word. The system searches a corpus of over 240 million publications to surface relevant articles, allowing you to preview abstracts and link out to full-text sources.
Citations can be inserted directly into your manuscript using the appropriate citation format or exported to your reference manager for later use, keeping literature review and writing tightly integrated.
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Publications searched across disciplines
In-document
Citation insertion inside Microsoft Word
Compatible
Reference-manager compatible outputs
Citations should not interrupt your writing
Finding and inserting citations often requires switching between databases, browsers, and reference managers. This disrupts writing flow, increases the risk of citation errors, and slows manuscript development, particularly during revision and resubmission.
Livewrite keeps citation discovery and insertion inside the writing environment, allowing researchers to support claims with evidence without breaking concentration.
Search, preview, and insert citations directly from within your manuscript.
What researchers are saying
Hundreds of researchers in universities and hospitals are using Livewrite everyday. Here's what they have to say.
How it works
Finding and inserting citations with Livewrite is simple. Here's the process.
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Select a sentence or paragraph that requires citation support.
Search the literature
Livewrite performs a context-aware search for relevant publications.
Insert or export
Insert citations directly into your manuscript or export them to your reference manager.
Capabilities
Context-aware literature search
Identify relevant publications based on the meaning of highlighted text.
Abstract preview and source linking
Review abstracts and navigate to full-text sources before citing.
In-document citation insertion
Insert references directly into your manuscript while writing.
Reference manager export
Send selected citations to external reference managers.
Citation format compatibility
Maintain compatibility with common academic citation workflows.
Integrations
Export citations to your preferred reference manager.
Zotero
Export citations directly to Zotero.
Mendeley
Export citations directly to Mendeley.
BibTeX
BibTeX export for other reference managers.
More Features
Livewrite helps researchers strengthen their science and prepare submissions efficiently, directly inside Microsoft Word.
Cite with confidence
Livewrite Smart Citations reduce friction between literature review and writing. By embedding citation discovery directly into Microsoft Word, researchers can support claims efficiently while maintaining accurate, organized references.