diff --git a/core/doc/graph_minimizer.rst b/core/doc/graph_minimizer.rst
index a1ddb9639f2816086ee62f64861e5e2e5b9dacb2..fb8b8986cdb02ab1237e4fcfe6154a1472a371f1 100644
--- a/core/doc/graph_minimizer.rst
+++ b/core/doc/graph_minimizer.rst
@@ -228,8 +228,3 @@ a set :math:`X=[x_1, x_2, ..., x_n]` that minimizes:
                         representing the single solutions minimizing
                         the overall energy function.
                         The second element is the according energy value.          
-
-
-.. [goldstein1994] Goldstein RF (1994). Efficient rotamer elimination applied to protein side-chains and related spin glasses. Biophys J.
-
-.. [leach1998] Leach AR, Lemon AP (1998). Explring the conformational space of prootein side chains using dead-end elimination and the A* algorithm. Proteins.
diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index c79f0aa9a66d0e7d0c7786858f0b8517a90b47c9..a715f27d9ec412cb5cb3a5add306f329017208bb 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ buildsystem.rst
 contributing.rst
 gettingstarted.rst
 portableIO.rst
+references.rst
 )
 
 # add documentation tests (must be done before rest below!)
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
index de9b7d84474c8e80b12e6326dc52b68a68e64917..87ac769f614e3464d228b3104bbf7336ffbf0588 100644
--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -16,12 +16,9 @@ Documentation
 
    Users <users>
    Developers <developers>
+   References <references>
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
-   changelog
-
-
-.. [biasini2013] Biasini M, Schmidt T, Bienert S, Mariani V, Studer G, Haas J, Johner N, Schenk AD, Philippsen A and Schwede T (2013). OpenStructure: an integrated software framework for computational structural biology. Acta Cryst.
-
+   Changelog <changelog>
diff --git a/doc/references.rst b/doc/references.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b5583344005fbfe6de4a9eebaed399af9ca1ee1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/references.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+References
+==========
+
+.. [biasini2013] Biasini M, Schmidt T, Bienert S, Mariani V, Studer G, Haas J, 
+                 Johner N, Schenk AD, Philippsen A and Schwede T (2013). 
+                 OpenStructure: an integrated software framework for 
+                 computational structural biology. Acta Cryst.
+
+.. [canutescu2003] Canutescu AA and Dunbrack RL Jr. (2003). 
+                   Cyclic coordinate descent: A robotics algorithm for protein 
+                   loop closure. Protein Sci.
+
+.. [canutescu2003b] Canutescu AA, Shelenkov AA, Dunbrack RL Jr. (2003). 
+                    A graph-theory algorithm for rapid protein side-chain 
+                    prediction. Protein Sci.
+
+.. [chakravarty1999] Chakravarty S, Varadarajan R (1999). 
+                     Residue depth: a novel parameter for the analysis of 
+                     protein structure and stability. Structure.
+
+.. [goldstein1994] Goldstein RF (1994). 
+                   Efficient rotamer elimination applied to protein side-chains 
+                   and related spin glasses. Biophys J.
+
+.. [Jones1999] Jones DT (1999). 
+               Protein secondary structure prediction based on position-specific 
+               scoring matrices. J. Mol. Biol. 
+
+.. [kabsch1983] Kabsch W, Sander C (1983). 
+                Dictionary of protein secondary structure: pattern recognition of 
+                hydrogen-bonded and geometrical features. Biopolymers.
+
+.. [krivov2009] Krivov GG, Shapovalov MV and Dunbrack RL Jr. (2009). 
+                Improved prediction of protein side-chain conformations with 
+                SCWRL4. Proteins.
+
+.. [leach1998] Leach AR, Lemon AP (1998). 
+               Exploring the conformational space of protein side chains using 
+               dead-end elimination and the A* algorithm. Proteins.
+
+.. [lovell2000] Lovell SC, Word JM, Richardson JS, Richardson DC (2000). 
+                The penultimate rotamer library. Proteins.
+
+.. [mandell2009] Mandell DJ, Coutsias EA and Kortemme T (2009). 
+                 Sub-angstrom accuracy in protein loop reconstruction by 
+                 robotics-inspired conformational sampling. Nat Methods.
+
+.. [shapovalov2011] Shapovalov MV and Dunbrack RL Jr. (2011). 
+                    A smoothed backbone-dependent rotamer library for proteins 
+                    derived from adaptive kernel density estimates and 
+                    regressions. Structure.
+
+.. [soding2005] Söding J (2005). 
+                Protein homology detection by HMM-HMM comparison. 
+                Bioinformatics.
+
+.. [zhou2005] Zhou H, Zhou Y (2005). 
+              Fold Recognition by Combining Sequence Profiles Derived From 
+              Evolution and From Depth-Dependent Structural Alignment of 
+              Fragments. Proteins.
+
diff --git a/loop/doc/structure_db.rst b/loop/doc/structure_db.rst
index dd7288d0703da75c4ccd24e3d7ee134013779483..6728fccfc28c1dc93e90b758cfa7afabaaa378e5 100644
--- a/loop/doc/structure_db.rst
+++ b/loop/doc/structure_db.rst
@@ -981,11 +981,3 @@ The PsipredPrediction class
   .. method:: __len__()
 
     :returns:           Number of elements in container
-
-
-
-.. [soding2005] Söding J (2005). Protein homology detection by HMM-HMM comparison. Bioinformatics 21 (7): 951–960.
-.. [chakravarty1999] Chakravarty S, Varadarajan R (1999). Residue depth: a novel parameter for the analysis of protein structure and stability. Structure 7 (7): 723–732.
-.. [zhou2005] Zhou H, Zhou Y (2005). Fold Recognition by Combining Sequence Profiles Derived From Evolution and From Depth-Dependent Structural Alignment of Fragments. Proteins 58 (2): 321–328.
-.. [Jones1999] Jones DT (1999) Protein secondary structure prediction based on position-specific scoring matrices. J. Mol. Biol. 292: 195-202. 
-.. [kabsch1983] Kabsch W, Sander C (1983) Dictionary of protein secondary structure: pattern recognition of hydrogen-bonded and geometrical features. Biopolymers 22 2577-2637.
diff --git a/modelling/doc/loop_closing.rst b/modelling/doc/loop_closing.rst
index 7ec7230b20a4e32fd9cc1f15a9e84ea7b549c113..cc1b1edf4ab62af283777b96b49956a614615208 100644
--- a/modelling/doc/loop_closing.rst
+++ b/modelling/doc/loop_closing.rst
@@ -374,8 +374,4 @@ Example usage:
     :rtype:  :class:`~promod3.loop.MmSystemCreator`
 
 
-.. rubric:: Citations
 
-.. [canutescu2003] Canutescu AA and Dunbrack RL Jr. (2003). Cyclic coordinate descent: A robotics algorithm for protein loop closure. Protein Sci. 12(5):963–972.
-
-.. [mandell2009] Mandell DJ, Coutsias EA and Kortemme T (2009). Sub-angstrom accuracy in protein loop reconstruction by robotics-inspired conformational sampling. Nat Methods. 6(8):551-2.
diff --git a/scoring/doc/other_scoring_functions.rst b/scoring/doc/other_scoring_functions.rst
index f505232e026655cdebf83d068269e805eb99fedd..95e0eb49480797cc94ee856bad95b0b78e2efe8a 100644
--- a/scoring/doc/other_scoring_functions.rst
+++ b/scoring/doc/other_scoring_functions.rst
@@ -53,4 +53,3 @@ Scoring Functions from SCWRL3
 
 
 
-.. [canutescu2003b] Canutescu AA, Shelenkov AA, Dunbrack RL Jr. (2003). A graph-theory algorithm for rapid protein side-chain prediction. Protein Sci (2003).
diff --git a/sidechain/doc/index.rst b/sidechain/doc/index.rst
index c0a24dce4ca854bcd16c85d29094dcd1ff799f71..b6425e795f76feba5c25e7794963a1d87198a407 100644
--- a/sidechain/doc/index.rst
+++ b/sidechain/doc/index.rst
@@ -37,4 +37,3 @@ Contents:
    subrotamer_optimizer
 
 
-.. [krivov2009] Krivov GG, Shapovalov MV and Dunbrack RL Jr. (2009). Improved prediction of protein side-chain conformations with SCWRL4. Proteins.
diff --git a/sidechain/doc/loading.rst b/sidechain/doc/loading.rst
index 58342cd674b7df8fbd6002cc17cfae777716add1..0c716dc88e0ff52908f117210381bb102a5988e3 100644
--- a/sidechain/doc/loading.rst
+++ b/sidechain/doc/loading.rst
@@ -54,9 +54,3 @@ is directly provided in binary format and can be loaded with
 
   :returns: The read library
   :rtype:   :class:`BBDepRotamerLib`
-
-
-.. [shapovalov2011] Shapovalov MV and Dunbrack RL Jr. (2011). A smoothed backbone-dependent rotamer library for proteins derived from adaptive kernel density estimates and regressions. Structure.
-
-.. [lovell2000] Lovell SC, Word JM, Richardson JS, Richardson DC (2000). The penultimate rotamer library. Proteins.
-