Whether you are working toward your dissertation or a short research paper, managing citations and formatting them for your writing is getting easier all the time. There are several options for you to consider:

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There are a lot of free citation generators online, with varying levels of accuracy. ZoteroBib is one of the best. It uses the extensive database of the Zotero Reference Manager and is available free, ad-free, and with no account necessary. Supports over 10,000 citation styles.

These are some of the most common citation styles used in physics. Many journals use their own citation style, so if you don't see your style, use a search engine to searching the journal's name and the words "author guidelines."