The following tables compare notable reference management software. The comparison includes older applications that may no longer be supported, as well as actively-maintained software.
General
editIn the "notes" section, there is a difference between:
- web-based, referring to applications that may be installed on a web server (usually requiring MySQL or another database and PHP, Perl, Python, or some other language for web applications), and;
- a centrally hosted website.
| Software | Developer | First public release | Latest stable release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Free software | License | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BibBase | Christian Fritz | 2005 | 2025-08-06 | ? | Free for students / Paid plan for others | No | Proprietary | Centrally hosted website, intended for publication pages |
| BibDesk | BibDesk developers | 2002-04 | 2025-08-06 | 1.9.6 | Free | Yes | BSD | BibTeX front-end + repository; Cocoa-based; integration with Spotlight |
| BibSonomy | University of Kassel | 2006-01 | 2025-08-06 | 4.1.0 | Free | Yes | AGPL, GPL, LGPL[1] | Centrally hosted website |
| Bookends | Sonny Software | 1988 (Mac) / 1983 (Apple II+) | 2025-08-06 | 14.2[2] | US$59.99[a] | No | Proprietary | Desktop & iOS synced via iCloud, integrated web search, PDF download, auto-completion, Word plugin, BibTex support, PDF annotations stored as notes |
| Citavi | Lumivero | 2025-08-06 | 2025-08-06 | 6.17.0.0 | US$89-1947[b] | No | Proprietary | Data can be saved locally on the computer, or, for team access, in the Citavi Cloud or an intranet Microsoft SQL Server;[3] search databases from interface[4] |
| EndNote | Clarivate Analytics | 1988 | 2025-08-06 | 2025 | US$299.95[a] | No | Proprietary | The web version EndNote basic (formerly, EndNote Web) is free of charge |
| JabRef | JabRef developers | 2025-08-06 | 2025-08-06 | 5.11 | Free | Yes | MIT license | Java BibTeX and BibLaTeX manager |
| KBibTeX | KBibTeX developers | 2005-08 | 2025-08-06 | 0.9.2 | Free | Yes | GNU GPL | BibTeX front-end, using the KDE Software Compilation |
| Mendeley | Elsevier | 2008-08 | 2025-08-06 | 2.135.0 | Free / Online storage free up to 2 GB / Additional storage space available | No | Proprietary with public API | Account required, app versions for web, Windows, Linux, macOS. Data synced automatically between clients and server. Usable offline. |
| Paperpile | Stefan Washietl, Gregorgy Jordan, Andreas Gruber | 2013 | Continually updated online | US$2.99/month for academics, 9.99/month otherwise | No | Proprietary | Web-app, integrates with Google Docs, collaboration & sharing features, currently only on Google Chrome | |
| Papers | ReadCube | 2011-10 | 2025-08-06 | v.4.35.2224 | US$ 3/month for students, 5/month academics | No | Proprietary | Web-app, Desktop (MacOS, Windows), Mobile (iOS and Android). Microsoft Word and Google Docs add-in. Browser extension (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari) |
| refbase | refbase developers | 2025-08-06 | 2025-08-06 | 0.9.6 | Free | Yes | GNU GPL | Web-based for institutional repositories/self-archiving[5] |
| RefDB | refdb developers | 2025-08-06 | 2025-08-06 | 1.0.3 | Free | Yes | GNU GPL | Network-transparent; XML/SGML bibliographies |
| RefWorks | Ex Libris / ProQuest / Clarivate | 2001 | 2025-08-06 | 4.6 | Institutional subscription | No | Proprietary | Web-based, browser-accessed, Word & Google Docs |
| Zotero | Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at GMU | 2006 | 2025-08-06 | 7.0.3[6] | Free / Online storage free up to 300 MB / Additional storage space available | Yes | AGPL | Multi-platform desktop version with connectors for Firefox, Chrome and Safari. Web-based access to reference library also available through Zotero.org or through a personal cloud-based database folder on a user's computer (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.). |
Operating system support
editIn the case of web applications, this describes the server OS. For centrally hosted websites that are proprietary, this is not applicable. Any client OS can connect to a web service unless stated otherwise in a footnote.
| Software | Windows | macOS | Linux | ChromeOS | BSD | Unix | iOS App | Android App | Windows App |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bebop | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| BibBase | — | — | — | — | — | — | ? | ? | ? |
| BibDesk | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| BibSonomy | — | — | — | — | — | — | ? | ? | ? |
| Bookends | No | Yes | No | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | ? |
| Citavi | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| EndNote | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| JabRef | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| KBibTeX | Experimental | Experimental | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Mendeley | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No (phased out as of March 15, 2021)[7] |
No (phased out as of March 15, 2021)[7] |
No |
| Paperpile | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (requires Chromium) |
No (requires Chromium) |
Yes[8] | Yes[9] | No |
| Papers | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pybliographer | Partial[c] | Partial[c] | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| refbase | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| RefDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| RefWorks[10] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | No |
| Zotero | Yes | Yes | Yes | Intel only | No | Yes | Yes | Third party[11] | No |
Export file formats
editThis table lists the machine-readable file formats that can be exported from reference managers. These are typically used to share data with other reference managers or with other people who use a reference manager. To exchange data from one program to another, the first program must be able to export to a format that the second program may import. Import file formats are in a table below this one.
| Software | BibTeX | Endnote/Refer/BibIX | Medline | MODS XML | RIS | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bebop | Yes | No | No | No | No | unAPI |
| BibBase | Yes | No | No | No | No | None |
| BibDesk | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Endnote XML, user customizable |
| BibSonomy | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Various[12] |
| Bookends | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Various user-customizable |
| Citavi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NVivo and various others |
| EndNote | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Various[13] |
| JabRef | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | BibTeXML, DocBook, HTML, OpenDocument for OO.o, RTF, SQL database, user-customizable |
| KBibTeX | Yes | Yes | No | Depends[d] | Yes | PDF, PostScript, HTML, XML, RTF |
| Mendeley | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Endnote XML |
| Paperpile | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | CSV,JSON |
| Papers | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | None |
| Pybliographer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Ovid |
| refbase | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | COinS, OpenDocument for OO.o, SRW XML via SRU, unAPI, Word XML |
| RefDB | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | SRW XML via SRU web service, DocBook, TEI |
| RefWorks | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | RIS, BibTeX, Tab delimited or XML metadata |
| Zotero | Yes | Yes | As of version 4.0[14] | Yes | Yes | COinS, CSV, Several RDF format standards, TEI, Wikipedia citation templates, Endnote XML, CSL JSON, Refer/BiblX, RefWorks tagged |
Import file formats
editThis table lists the file formats which may be manually imported into the reference managers without needing to connect to one particular database. Many of these database companies use the same name for their file format as they do for their database (including Copac, CSA, ISI, Medline, Ovid, PubMed, and SciFinder). For the ability to retrieve citations from the particular databases (rather than the file format), please refer to the database connectivity table that is below this table.
As of January 2021[update], CSL YAML is not supported by any reference management system.[15]
| Software | BibTeX | Copac | CSA | Endnote/Refer/BibIX | ISI | Medline | MODS XML | Ovid | PubMed | RIS | SciFinder | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bebop | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | None |
| BibBase | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | None |
| BibDesk | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MARC, JSTOR, Reference Miner |
| BibSonomy | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Firefox bookmarks |
| Bookends | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various user-customizable |
| Citavi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various |
| EndNote | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various[16] |
| JabRef | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | BibTexML, Biomail, Inspec, JSTOR, MSBib, PDF widh XMP annotations, REPEC (NEP), SilverPlatter, SixPack |
| KBibTeX | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Depends[d] | No | Yes | Yes | No | None |
| Mendeley | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Browser bookmarks |
| Paperpile | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | PDF, MARC |
| Papers | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Pybliographer | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | None |
| refbase | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | RefWorks |
| RefDB | Yes | Yes[d] | No | Yes[d] | Yes[d] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes[d] | MARC, risx |
| RefWorks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various[17] |
| Zotero | Yes | No[e] | No[e] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | COinS, MARC, RDF, unAPI, Browser bookmarks, Endnote XML, others[18] |
Citation styles
edit| Software | APA | Chicago/Turabian | Harvard | MLA | Other | Extension method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bebop | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| BibBase | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| BibDesk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various[19] | BibTeX style files (use Pandoc § CiteProc for CSL[20]) or BibDesk export templates[19] |
| BibSonomy | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Bookends | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various[citation needed] | ? |
| Citavi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various[21] | Citavi format (through GUI), includes conditions and programmable components;[21] BibTeX or BibLaTeX when used with LaTeX (use Pandoc § CiteProc for CSL[20]) |
| EndNote | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various[13] | EndNote format (through GUI)[13] |
| JabRef | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various | BibTeX style files or BibLaTeX (use Pandoc § CiteProc for CSL[20]) |
| KBibTeX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various | BibTeX style files (use Pandoc § CiteProc for CSL[20]) |
| Mendeley | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various[22] | CSL[22] |
| Paperpile | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various[22] | CSL[22] |
| Papers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various[22] | CSL; BibTeX or BibLaTeX when used with LaTeX[23] |
| Pybliographer | Yes | No | No | No | None | Pybliographer XML |
| refbase | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various polar & marine journals | PHP |
| RefDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 21 biomedical & law journals[24] | XML (citestylex.dtd), interactive script |
| RefWorks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various | RefWorks format (through GUI);[25] CSL[22] |
| Zotero | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various[22] | CSL;[22] BibTeX or BibLaTeX when used with LaTeX[26] |
Reference list file formats
editEndNote is incompatible with LaTeX. Among other things, it does not provide for robust citation keys.
| Software | HTML | LaTeX[f] | RTF | Plain text | RSS | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bebop | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | unAPI |
| BibBase | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| BibDesk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Atom, DOC, PDF, XML, |
| BibSonomy | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | OpenOffice-CSV |
| Bookends | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Clipboard |
| Citavi | Yes | Yes[g] | Yes | Yes | No | Clipboard, DOC, ODT, PDF, HTML |
| EndNote | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Clipboard, XML |
| JabRef | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Clipboard |
| KBibTeX | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | PDF, PS |
| Mendeley | Yes | Yes[h] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Clipboard, embeddable HTML widget, RSS |
| Paperpile | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Clipboard |
| Papers | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
| Pybliographer | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No |
| refbase | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Markdown, PDF, unAPI |
| RefDB | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | DocBook, TEI |
| RefWorks | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | DOC, ODT |
| Zotero | Yes | Possible via plugin[28] | Yes | Possible via plugins[29] | Yes | Clipboard |
Word processor integration
editSome reference management software include support for automatic embedding and (re)formatting of references in Word processor programs. This table lists this type of support for Microsoft Word, Pages, Apache OpenOffice / LibreOffice Writer, the LaTeX editors Kile and LyX, and Google Docs. Other programs are able to scan RTF or other textual formats for inserted placeholders which are subsequently formatted. Most reference management programs support copy/paste or drag-and-drop of references into any editor, but this is not meant here.
| Software | Word for Windows | Word for Mac | Word Online | Pages | Apache OpenOffice / LibreOffice | Kile/LyX | Google Docs | RTF scan[i] | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bebop | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | None |
| BibBase | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | None |
| BibDesk | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | User-created scripts |
| BibSonomy | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | None |
| Bookends | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Mellel, Nisus |
| Citavi | Yes | Yes | No | No | Only versions prior to 6.0 | Yes[30] | No | Only versions prior to 6.0 | LaTeX editors Texmaker, TeXnicCenter, TeXstudio, TeXworks, WinEdt, WinShell |
| EndNote | Yes | Yes | Yes[31] | Yes | No[32] | No | Yes[33] | Yes | No |
| JabRef | Yes[34] | ? | ? | ? | Yes[35] | Yes | No | ? | Emacs, Texmaker, TeXstudio, Vim, WinEdt |
| KBibTeX | No | ? | ? | ? | No | Yes | No | ? | None |
| Mendeley | Yes | Partial[j] | Yes[36] | No | Yes | No | No | ? | NeoOffice |
| Paperpile | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Papers | Yes | Yes | Yes[37] | Yes[38] | Yes | No | Yes | No | Manuscripts app, Scrivener, Ulysses |
| Pybliographer | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | None |
| refbase | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes[39] | No | No | Yes | PIRA, MediaWiki, SPIP |
| RefDB | No | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | None |
| RefWorks | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | None |
| Zotero | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | (with LyZ)[40] | Yes | Yes | Various[41] |
Database connectivity
editThis table lists the academic databases and search engines which reference managers can import from. In some cases, a search and retrieval can be conducted directly in the reference manager. In others, a bookmarklet or Firefox extension will allow a site to be scraped.
| Software | ArXiv | CiteSeer | IEEE Xplore | PubMed | Unpaywall[k] | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bebop | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| BibBase | No | No | No | No | No | DBLP, Zotero, BibSonomy, Mendeley |
| BibDesk | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ACM portal, Jstor, DBLP, Google Scholar, Web of Science, any Z39.50 or Entrez, and others |
| BibSonomy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Various[42] |
| Bookends | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Web of Science, Amazon, Google Scholar, Z39.50 |
| Citavi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | WorldCat/OCLC, Ovid, EBSCO, ProQuest, Web of Science, Z39.50 (4500+ online resources), SRU. Further catalogs are added upon request. Browser plugins (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer) support DOI lookup, ISBN lookup, PubMed ID lookup, PMCID lookup, arXiv ID lookup, COinS and import from Wikipedia. |
| EndNote | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Various,[43] any Z39.50 |
| JabRef | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[44] | ACM Portal, CrossRef, DBLP, DOAJ, DOI, GVK, Google Scholar, INSPIRE-HEP, Medline, MathSciNet, SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System, Springer, and zbMATH |
| KBibTeX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | BibSonomy, CiteBase, CSB, DBLP, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, INSPIRE-HEP, Z MATH, Z39.50 |
| Mendeley | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Various[45] |
| Paperpile | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Google Scholar, INSPIRE-HEP, ACM portal, Jstor, Web of Science |
| Papers | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Microsoft Academic, Google Scholar |
| Pybliographer | No | No | No | Yes | No | None |
| refbase | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | DOI lookup |
| RefDB | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Any Z39.50 |
| RefWorks | No | No | No | Yes | No | Various |
| Zotero | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[46] | Various[47] |
Password "protection" and network versions
editSome reference managers provide network functionality (N/A, not available, means the product has no networking, while "No" indicates it does but lacks an implemented feature). The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an open, vendor-neutral, industry standard application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory services over an Internet Protocol (IP) network.[48]
| Software | Passworded | LDAP | Networking | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| User-specific permissions[l] | Simultaneous write access | |||
| Bebop | No | ? | — | — |
| BibBase | — | ? | — | — |
| BibDesk | Yes | ? | No | No |
| BibSonomy | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Bookends | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Citavi | Yes[m] | ? | Yes | Yes |
| EndNote | Yes | ? | No[n] | No[n] |
| JabRef | No | ? | No | Partial |
| KBibTeX | No | ? | — | — |
| Mendeley | Yes[o] | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Paperpile | Yes[p] | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Papers | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes[49] |
| Pybliographer | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| refbase | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| RefDB | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| RefWorks | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
| Zotero | Yes[q] | ? | Yes | Yes |
Discontinued software
edit| Software | Developer | First public release | Latest stable release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Free software | License | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bebop | ALaRI Institute | 2025-08-06 | 2025-08-06 | 1.1 | Free | Yes | BSD | Web-based BibTeX front-end (Apache, PHP, MySQL) |
| Biblioscape | CG Information | 1997 | 2025-08-06 | 10.0.3.6 | US$79-299[a] | No | Proprietary | ODBC; web access in Pro ed; optional client/server; discontinued? |
| CiteULike | Oversity Limited | 2004-11 | Shut down on 2025-08-06[50] | Free | No | Proprietary[r] | Centrally hosted website | |
| colwiz | colwiz Ltd | 2011 | 2025-08-06 | Free / Online storage free up to 3 GB / Additional storage space available | No | Proprietary | Now combined with wizdom.ai | |
| Pybliographer | pybliographer developers | 2025-08-06 (0.2) | 2025-08-06 | 1.4.0 | Free | Yes | GNU GPL | Python/GTK2 |
| Qiqqa | Qiqqa | 2010-04 | 2025-08-06 | v80 | Free | Yes | GNU GPL | From end 2020, Open Source |
| Reference Manager | Thomson Reuters | 1984 | 2010 | 12.0.3 | Not for sale anymore, sales ceased December 31, 2015 | No | Proprietary | Network version; built-in web publishing tool; discontinued |
| Referencer | Referencer developers | 2025-08-06 | Discontinued | 1.2.2 | Free | Yes | GNU GPL | BibTeX front-end |
| RefME | RefME | 2014 | Shut down in 2017 | Free | No | Proprietary | Web, iOS and Android; Chrome and Safari Extensions available; discontinued | |
| SciRef | Scientific Programs | 2012 | 2025-08-06 | 1.6.2 | US$38.90 / Free trial version | No | Proprietary | |
| WizFolio | WizPatent | 2008-06 | Shut down in 2017 | Avatara | US$25 / Free Basic version | No | Proprietary | Centrally hosted website; discontinued |
Notes
edit- ^ a b c MSRP for full version, usually with physical media. Discounted downloads and academic discounts might be available. More expensive workgroup/server/librarian versions may be available.
- ^ Price depends on affiliation (discounted price for students and members of academic, governmental, and nonprofit organizations), edition (Citavi for Windows for single users and teams with cloud storage, Citavi for DBServer for teams with intranet storage, Citavi Web with cloud storage), and, in the case of DBServer, on the license type (per seat license vs. concurrent license): "Products". www.citavi.com. Archived from the original on 2025-08-06.
- ^ a b The GUI requires gnome-python, which isn't available for Windows or macOS.
- ^ a b c d e f Supported through the bibutils plugin.
- ^ a b Zotero can import references directly from the database after which this format is named, although it cannot read the format itself.
- ^ This refers to the direct output of raw LaTeX (often in a format similar to the BibTeX-generated .bbl files). Many programs can export BibTeX (see above table), which can then be processed into LaTeX.[27]
- ^ Database can be exported as a whole in BibTeX format. Text (i.e. thoughts, comments, and quotations) can be fed into a number of TeX editors in LaTeX code or UTF-8.
- ^ Database can be exported as a whole in BibTeX format.Insert citations via citation key generated by Mendeley.
- ^ Can reformat references in a properly saved RTF document, allowing limited use in OpenOffice.org Writer, StarOffice, FrameMaker, Microsoft Works, WordPad, WordPerfect, Google Docs and others.
- ^ Requires the Mendeley Reference Manager desktop app for Mac open to choose references.
- ^ Includes all the other databases and open access repositories.
- ^ Most databases allow one to create different user accounts to store records. Some further allow you to specify permissions (granting and denying some users the rights to edit or read some or all of your records). This column describes the latter.
- ^ Storage in Citavi cloud or, with special license, in Microsoft SQL Server in intranet.
- ^ a b via EndNote basic (cloud based)
- ^ via Mendeley Web.
- ^ Uses Google Account.
- ^ via zotero.org.
- ^ A developer kit is available. The community is invited to create plugins to access data off databases.
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Added
bibtex,biblatexas input formats. This allows pandoc to convert between BibLaTeX and BibTeX and other bibliography formats, and to generate formatted versions of BibTeX/BibLaTeX bibliographies (e.g.,pandoc -f biblatex --citeproc pl.bib -o pl.pdf). - ^ a b "Citavi". www.citavi.com. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
Citavi offers over 10,000 citation styles.
Other styles can be requested and are centrally corrected; and any BibTeX style can be used with LaTeX. - ^ a b c d e f g h Over 10,000 CSL style files are available at: "Zotero Style Repository". www.zotero.org. Or: "citation-style-language/styles: Official repository for Citation Style Language (CSL) citation styles". GitHub. Retrieved 2025-08-06. CSL styles can be edited or requested.
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- ^ "Creating a Publication with TeX". Swiss Academic Software. 2025-08-06. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "Better BibTeX". GitHub. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ "Plugins for Zotero". www.zotero.org. Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ^ Detailed setup guide "Citavi + LyX"[permanent dead link]. Citavi. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "EndNote: Word Online CWYW". 2025-08-06. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "EndNote: Install the OpenOffice / OpenOffice.org Writer Tools (Windows)". 2025-08-06. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "EndNote: Google Docs CWYW". 2025-08-06. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ See JabRef FAQ: Field Mapping between MS-Office and JabRef.
- ^ See JabRef FAQ: OpenOffice/LibreOffice integration.
- ^ Requires the Mendeley Cite Add-in
- ^ Requires the SmartCite for Papers Add-in
- ^ Can be used with SmartCite for Citekeys
- ^ Refbase can create a spreadsheet for import into an OO.o database to use the native OO.o bibliography tool. Refbase's MySQL database can additionally be used directly by OO.o [1].
- ^ The LyZ extension integrates Zotero with Lyx/Kile
- ^ "Word Processor and Writing Integration". www.zotero.org. Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "Scraper info". BibSonomy. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "Connection files". EndNote. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "Unpaywall". docs.jabref.org. Retrieved Jun 3, 2022.
- ^ "Get started with Mendeley Web Importer". www.mendeley.com. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "Improved PDF retrieval with Unpaywall integration". Zotero Blog. 2025-08-06. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "Zotero Translators (documentation)". Zotero.org. 2025-08-06. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ J. Sermersheim (June 2006). Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): The Protocol. Network Working Group. doi:10.17487/RFC4511. RFC 4511. Proposed Standard. Obsoletes RFC 3771, 2830 and 2251.
- ^ via Shared library
- ^ "CiteULike is closing down". CiteULike. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
Further reading
edit- Gilmour, Ron; Cobus-Kuo, Laura (2011). "Reference management software: A comparative analysis of four products". Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. Summer 2011 (66). doi:10.5062/F4Z60KZF.
- Perkel, Jeffrey M. (2025-08-06). "Eight ways to clean a digital library". Nature. 527 (7576): 123–124. Bibcode:2015Natur.527..123P. doi:10.1038/527123a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 26536960.
- Technische Universit?t München Library (2025-08-06). "Reference management software comparison — 8th update" (PDF). Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- Tramullas, Jesús; Sánchez-Casabón, Ana I.; Garrido-Picazo, Piedad (2015). "Studies and analysis of reference management software: A literature review". El Profesional de la Información. 25 (4): 680–688. arXiv:1508.07480. Bibcode:2015arXiv150807480T. doi:10.3145/epi.2015.sep.17. ISSN 1699-2407. S2CID 11780810.