JabRef
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| JabRef | |
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 JabRef 2.2 under Linux |
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| Developed by | The JabRef team |
| Latest release | 2.3.1 / December 2, 2007 |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| Platform | Java |
| Genre | Bibliography manager |
| License | GPL |
| Website | jabref.sourceforge.net |
JabRef is a free software reference management software that uses BibTeX as its native format. JabRef provides an easy-to-use interface for editing BibTeX files, for importing data from online scientific databases, and for managing and searching BibTeX files.
JabRef is released under the terms of the GPL license. The application is programmed in Java, and is maintained for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
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[edit] Features
- Produces fully BibTeX compliant output
- Easy editing, searching and viewing of reference entries
- Advanced grouping feature for organizing reference entries explicitly or based on keywords or general search terms
- Customizable BibTeX key generation
- Import filters for 15 reference formats
- Direct search and download from PubMed and IEEEXplore. Direct download from CiteSeer and ArXiv.
- Customizable export filters
- Links to external resources (URL, PDF or PS files, DOI number) can be opened with a single click
- Can automatically insert citations into applications such as LyX, Kile, Emacs, WinEdt and LaTeX-Editor (LEd)
- Can be run as batch job without GUI for converting reference files.
[edit] History
The first version of JabRef was released in 2003 after the creators of BibKeeper (Morten O. Alver) and JBibtexManager (Nizar Batada) decided to join the two projects. The name JabRef stands for Java, Alver, Batada, Reference.
