Reference Management

Compare 26 reference management tools to find the right one for your needs

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Citavi

The All-in-One Writing and Referencing Solution.

A Windows-based reference management and knowledge organization program for researchers and students.

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ResearchRabbit

The Spotify of research.

An AI-powered discovery tool that helps researchers find relevant literature and stay up-to-date.

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Afforai

Your AI Research Assistant.

An AI-powered tool that helps you to read, summarize, and analyze research papers and other documents.

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MyBib

A new FREE APA, Harvard, & MLA citation generator.

A free bibliography and citation generator that makes accurate citations for you to copy straight into your academic assignments and papers.

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Litmaps

Discover the landscape of science.

A literature mapping tool that helps you discover and visualize the academic literature.

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Scribbr

Your path to academic success.

An academic services platform that includes a citation generator, plagiarism checker, and proofreading services.

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EndNote Click

Get the best available PDF of a research paper with one click.

A browser extension that helps you find and access full-text PDFs of research papers.

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Connected Papers

Explore connected papers in a visual graph.

A tool to help researchers and scientists find and explore academic papers relevant to their field of work.

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Paperpile

Clean, simple reference management for the web.

A web-based reference manager with a strong focus on Google integration.

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EasyBib

The original citation machine.

An online tool for creating citations, bibliographies, and works cited pages.

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NoodleTools

The most comprehensive and accurate citation, note-taking, and research platform.

An online research management platform that helps students and educators with citations, note-taking, and outlining.

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SciSpace

The easiest way to research, write and publish.

An AI-powered platform for researchers to discover, understand, and write research papers.

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JabRef

An open-source, cross-platform citation and reference management tool.

A graphical application for managing bibliographical databases, specializing in BibTeX and BibLaTeX formats.

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Bookends

The reference manager for macOS and iOS.

A full-featured and cost-effective bibliography, reference, and information management system for students and professionals.

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Zotero

Your personal research assistant.

A free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.

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ReadCube Papers

Your award-winning reference manager.

Improves the way you find, access, organize, read, cite and share scholarly research.

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Mendeley

A reference management software and academic social network.

Helps you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.

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Sciwheel

The smart citation tool.

A reference manager that helps you discover, read, annotate, write, and share research.

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BibDesk

A bibliographic reference manager for macOS.

An open-source and free reference management software for macOS, primarily for BibTeX.

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Qiqqa

Free research and reference manager.

A free software that helps researchers and academics manage, read, and annotate their PDFs.

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Authorea

The modern way to write and publish.

An online collaborative platform for researchers to write, cite, host data, and publish their work.

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EndNote

The industry standard for reference management.

A reference management software package, used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles.

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Wizdom.ai

The AI-powered research assistant.

A platform that uses AI to help researchers search, analyze, and manage scientific information.

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Docear

The academic literature suite.

An open-source software for managing, organizing, and creating academic literature in the form of a mind map.

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RefWorks

A web-based commercial reference management software package.

An online research management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information.

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ZoteroBib

Fast, free bibliography generator.

A free and easy-to-use tool from the creators of Zotero for creating bibliographies on the fly.

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