Comparison of reference management software

The following tables compare reference management software.

General

In 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)
centrally-hosted website

Software	Developer	First public release	Latest stable release date	Latest stable version	Cost (USD)	Free software	License	Notes
Aigaion	Aigaion developers	2005-01	2012-01-18	2.2	Free	Yes	GNU GPL	web-based
Bebop	ALaRI Institute	2007-11-08	2009-11-10	1.1	Free	Yes	BSD	web-based BibTeX front-end
BibBase	Christian Fritz	2005	2013-07	v3	Free	No	Proprietary	centrally hosted website, intended for publication pages
BibDesk	BibDesk developers	2002-04	2014-08-11	1.6.3	Free	Yes	BSD	BibTeX front-end + repository
Biblioscape	CG Information	1997	2012-04-01	9.0.8.8	US$79-299^[1]	No	Proprietary	ODBC; web access in Pro ed; optional client/server
BibSonomy	University of Kassel	2006-01	2013-10-29	2.0.48	Free	Yes	GPL, LGPL^[2]	centrally hosted website
Bibus	Bibus developers	2004-06-03	2009–10	1.5.0	Free	Yes	GNU GPL
Bookends	Sonny Software	1988 (Mac) / 1983 (Apple II+)	2015-10-03	12.6.0 ^[3]	US$99^[1]	No	Proprietary	integrated web search, pdf download, auto-completion
Citavi	Swiss Academic Software	2006-02-13	2015-10-27	5.2	US$70-949 / Free for projects up to 100 references^[4]	No	Proprietary	data can be saved locally, or, for team access, in an intranet Microsoft SQL Server, or on Windows Azure;^[5] search databases from interface^[6]
CiteULike	Oversity Limited	2004-11	?		Free	No	proprietary^[7]	centrally hosted website
colwiz	colwiz Ltd	2011	2014-05		Free / Online storage free up to 3 GB / Additional storage space available	No	Proprietary	Desktop (Win, Mac, Linux) & Web components, iOS and Android
Docear	Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg and University of California, Berkeley	2009-05-11	2014-05-21	1.1	Free	Yes	GNU GPL	Java BibTeX manager that integrates Mind mapping software
EndNote	Thomson Reuters	1988	2015-08-11	X7.4	US$299.95^[1]	No	Proprietary	The web version EndNote basic (formerly, EndNote Web) is free of charge
F1000Workspace	F1000/Science Navigation Group	2015-05	Continually updated online		Institutional access – varies with size of institute / Personal subscription $9.99/month / Free Trial Version	No	Proprietary	Web-based, Microsoft Word plug-in (Win, Mac), browser extension(s) Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 11
JabRef	JabRef developers	2003-11-29	2016-01-16	3.2	Free	Yes	GNU GPL	Java BibTeX manager
KBibTeX	KBibTeX developers	2005-08	2014-05-19	0.5.1	Free	Yes	GNU GPL	BibTeX front-end, using the KDE Software Compilation
Mendeley	Elsevier	2008-08	2015	1.15.2	Free / Online storage free up to 2 GB / Additional storage space available	No	proprietary (OS API clients exist)	Desktop & Web components, Windows, Linux, OS X, iPhone & iPad
Paperpile	Stefan Washietl, Gregorgy Jordan, Andreas Gruber	2013	Continually updated online		US$2.99/month for academics, 9.99/month otherwise	No	Proprietary	web-application, integrates with Google Docs, collaboration & sharing features, currently only on Google Chrome
Papers	Springer	2007	2014-10-13	3.2.3	US$79^[1]	No	Proprietary	search repositories from interface; supports plug-ins, Universal iOS app
Pybliographer	pybliographer developers	1998-10-30 (0.2)	2014-11-30		Free	Yes	GNU GPL	Python/GTK2
Qiqqa	Qiqqa	2010-04	2014-08	v65	Free and Premium versions	No	Proprietary	Desktop; Tablet; Web; Intranet
ReadCube	Labtiva	2011-10	2014-05	v2.0.10805	Free desktop & mobile app / Cloud Storage $5/month, $50/year	No	Proprietary	Desktop (Mac/PC) & Web components, integrated web search, enhanced PDF reader, iOS App, Android
refbase	refbase developers	2003-06-03	2014-02-28	0.9.6	Free	Yes	GNU GPL	web-based for institutional repositories/self-archiving^[8]
RefDB	refdb developers	2001-04-25	2007-11-05	0.9.9	Free	Yes	GNU GPL	network-transparent; XML/SGML bibliographies
RefME	RefME	2014	Continually updated online		Free	No	Proprietary	Web, iOS and Android; Chrome and Safari Extensions available
Reference Manager	Thomson Reuters	1984	2010	12.0.3	US$239.95^[1]	No	Proprietary	network version available; built-in web publishing tool; discontinued, support ends 2016-12-31
Referencer	Referencer developers	?	2014-02-27	1.2.2	Free	Yes	GNU GPL	BibTeX front-end
RefWorks	RefWorks / ProQuest	2001	2013		US$100 per year	No	Proprietary	web-based, browser-accessed, centrally hosted program
SciRef	Scientific Programs	2012	2012-11-20	1.0	US$38.90 / Free trial version	No	Proprietary
Sente	Third Street Software, Inc.	2004	2015	6.7.9	US$30-50^[1] / Free for libraries up to 100 refs	No	Proprietary	Desktop and iPad, centralized backup/synching
Wikindx	Mark Grimshaw	2004-02	2013-08	4.2.2	Free	Yes	GNU GPL	web-based
WizFolio	WizPatent	2008-06	2011-01	Avatara	US$25 / Free Basic version	No	Proprietary	centrally hosted website
Zotero	Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at GMU	2006-10-05	2015-04-08	4.0.26.4 ^[9]	Free / Online storage free up to 300 MB / Additional storage space available	Yes	AGPL	Firefox extension or stand-alone with connectors for Chrome and Safari. Web-based access to reference library also available.

Operating system support

In 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	Mac OS X	Linux	ChromeOS	BSD	Unix	iOS App	Android App	Windows App
Aigaion	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Bebop	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
BibBase	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	?	?	?
BibDesk	No	Yes	No	?	No	No	Third-party - PocketBib	?	?
BibSonomy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	?	?	?
Bibus	Yes	Experimental	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Bookends	No	Yes	No	?	No	No	Yes	?	?
Citavi	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CiteULike	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	?	?	?
colwiz	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Docear	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
EndNote	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
F1000Workspace	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Coming soon	Coming soon	No
JabRef	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
KBibTeX	Experimental	Experimental	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Mendeley	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Paperpile	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No (requires Chrome)	No (requires Chrome)	No	No	No
Papers	Yes^[10]	Yes	No	?	No	No	Yes	third party^[11]	No
Pybliographer	Partial^[12]	Partial^[12]	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Qiqqa	Yes	No	No	?	No	No	No	Yes	No
ReadCube	Yes	Yes	No	?	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
refbase	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
RefDB	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Reference Manager	Yes^[13]	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	No
Referencer	No	No	Yes	?	No	No	?	?	?
RefWorks^[14]	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
SciRef	Yes	No	No	?	No	No	?	?	?
Sente	No	Yes	No	?	No	No	Yes^[15]	?	?
Wikindx	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
WizFolio	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Zotero	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	third party	third party	No

Export file formats

This 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
Aigaion	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	none
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
Bibus	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	SQLite
Bookends	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	various user-customizable
Citavi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various
CiteULike	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	COinS, Delicious
colwiz	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	EndNote XML, CSL formatted HTML
Docear	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	BibTeXML, DocBook, OpenDocument for OO.o, SQL database, user-customizable
EndNote	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	various^[16]
F1000Workspace	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
JabRef	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	BibTeXML, DocBook, HTML, OpenDocument for OO.o, RTF, SQL database, user-customizable
KBibTeX	Yes	Yes	No	Depends^[17]	Yes	PDF, PostScript, HTML, XML, RTF
Mendeley	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Endnote XML
Paperpile	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	none
Papers	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Bookends, CSV, Endnote XML, PDF
Pybliographer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Ovid
ReadCube	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	none
Qiqqa	Yes	No	No	No	No	none
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
Reference Manager	No	No	No	No	Yes	MEDLARS, TSV, CSV, Reference Manager XML, user-customizable
Referencer	Yes	No	No	No	No	none
RefWorks	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	various^[18]
SciRef	No	No	No	No	Yes	Plain text, RTF
Sente	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	user-customizable
Wikindx	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	COinS, RTF, HTML, ADS, Word BIB
WizFolio	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Zotero	Yes	Yes	as of version 4.0^[19]	Yes	Yes	RDF, TEI, Wikipedia citation templates, Endnote XML

Import file formats

This 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.

Software	BibTeX	Copac	CSA	Endnote/Refer/BibIX	ISI	Medline	MODS XML	Ovid	PubMed	RIS	SciFinder	Other
Aigaion	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	none
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
Biblioscape	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
BibSonomy	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Firefox bookmarks
Bibus	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	none
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
CiteULike	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	none
colwiz	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	with built-in browser, bookmarklet
Docear	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	BibTexML, Biblioscape, Biomail, Inspec, JSTOR, MSBib, PDF widh XMP annotations, REPEC (NEP), SilverPlatter, SixPack
EndNote	No^[20]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various^[21]
F1000Workspace	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	EndNote XML NBIB from PubMed, Medline
JabRef	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	BibTexML, Biblioscape, Biomail, Inspec, JSTOR, MSBib, PDF widh XMP annotations, REPEC (NEP), SilverPlatter, SixPack
KBibTeX	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Depends^[17]	No	Yes	Yes	No	none
Mendeley	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Browser bookmarks
Paperpile	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	PDF
Papers	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Endnote ENW, Endnote XML, CHM eBook, PDF
Pybliographer	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	none
Qiqqa	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	none
ReadCube	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	none
refbase	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	RefWorks
RefDB	Yes	Yes^[17]	No	Yes^[17]	Yes^[17]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes^[17]	MARC, risx
Reference Manager	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various;^[22] user-customizable
Referencer	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	none
RefWorks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various^[23]
SciRef	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	?
Sente	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Dublin Core, Marc21 SUTRS, JSTOR, SilverPlatter
Wikindx	Yes	Depends^[17]	No	Yes	Depends^[17]	No	Depends^[17]	No	Yes	Yes	No	ISI, BibReX LaTeX
WizFolio	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Internet Browser bookmarks^[24]
Zotero^[25]	Yes	No^[26]	No^[26]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	COinS, MARC, RDF, unAPI, Browser bookmarks, Endnote XML

Citation styles

Software	APA	Chicago/Turabian	Harvard	MLA	Other	Extension method
Aigaion	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	BMJ, IEEE	OSBIB
Bebop	No	No	No	No	none	none
BibBase	Yes	No	No	No	none	none
BibDesk	Yes	yes	No	No	various	BibDesk export templates
Biblioscape	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	2000+ styles	GUI style editor
BibSonomy	Yes	No	Yes	No	none	none
Bibus	Yes	No	No	No	user-contributed	bibus format (through GUI)
Bookends	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various	?
Citavi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Any BibTeX style, plus 4300+ Citavi styles. Styles for journals are created upon request and centrally corrected	Citavi format, conditions and programmable components supported (through GUI)
CiteULike	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various	none
colwiz	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6750+ styles	CSL
Docear	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	any BibTeX style	BibTeX
EndNote	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6506 styles	EndNote format (through GUI)
F1000Workspace	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7,500+ styles	CSL
JabRef	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	any BibTeX style	BibTeX
KBibTeX	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	any BibTeX style	BibTeX
Mendeley	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6781 styles	CSL
Paperpile	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6837+ styles	CSL
Papers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6390+ styles	CSL
Pybliographer	Yes	No	No	No	none	Pybliographer XML
Qiqqa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6390+ styles	BibTeX and CSL
ReadCube	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6390+ styles	BibTeX and CSL
refbase	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various polar & marine journals	PHP
RefDB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Various biomedical & law journals	XML (citestylex.dtd), interactive script
Reference Manager	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various	Template:GUI style editor
Referencer	?	?	?	?	?	?
RefWorks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various	RefWorks format through GUI
SciRef	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various	SciRef format through GUI
Sente	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various	Sente format through GUI
Wikindx	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	BMJ, IEEE, Built-in style editor to create your own	OSBIB
WizFolio	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various	WizFolio format (through GUI)
Zotero	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7800+ styles	CSL

Reference list file formats

Software	HTML	LaTeX^[27]	RTF	Plain text	RSS	Other
Aigaion	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	No
Bebop	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	unAPI
BibBase	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
BibDesk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Atom, DOC, PDF, XML,
Biblioscape	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
BibSonomy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	OpenOffice-CSV
Bibus	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Bookends	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	clipboard
Citavi	Yes	Yes^[28]	Yes	Yes	No	clipboard, DOC, ODT, PDF, HTML
CiteULike	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	PDF
colwiz	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	PDF
Docear	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	clipboard
EndNote	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	clipboard, XML
F1000Workspace	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	PDF
JabRef	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	clipboard
KBibTeX	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	PDF, PS
Mendeley	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	clipboard, embeddable HTML widget, RSS
Paperpile	?	?	?	?	?	?
Papers	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	PDF
Pybliographer	Yes	?	No	Yes	No	No
ReadCube	Yes	No	No	No	No	PDF
refbase	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Markdown, PDF, unAPI
RefDB	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	DocBook, TEI
Reference Manager	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	clipboard
Referencer	?	?	?	?	?	?
RefWorks	Partial^[29]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	DOC, ODT
SciRef	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Doc, others
Sente	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	clipboard
Wikindx	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Multiple via BibUtils plug-in
WizFolio	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	clipboard, DOC
Zotero	Yes	Possible via plugins^[30]	Yes	Possible via plugins^[30]	Yes	clipboard

Word processor integration

Most reference management software supports copy/paste or drag-and-drop of references into any editor. Some reference management software includes further support for automatic embedding and (re)formatting of references in some programs. This table lists support for the latter for Microsoft Word and Apache OpenOffice / LibreOffice Writer and the LaTeX editors Kile and LyX. Other programs are able to scan RTF or other textual formats to insert references.

Software	Microsoft Word	Apache OpenOffice / LibreOffice	Kile/LyX	RTF scan^[31]	Other
Aigaion	No	No	No	No	none
Bebop	No	No	No	No	none
BibBase	No	No	No	No	none
BibDesk	No	No	Yes	?	?
Biblioscape	Yes	No	No	?	WordPerfect
BibSonomy	No	No	No	No	none
Bibus	Yes	Yes	No	?	none
Bookends	Yes	No	No	Yes	Mellel, Nisus
Citavi	Yes	Yes	Yes^[32]	Yes	OpenDocument Text scan, LEd, Texmaker, TeXnicCenter, TeXstudio, TeXworks, WinEdt, WinShell
CiteULike	No	No	No	No	none
colwiz	Yes	Yes	No	?	NeoOffice , Star Office
Docear	Yes	No	No	?	Emacs, Vim, WinEdt
EndNote	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Pages
F1000Workspace	Yes	No	No	No	No
JabRef	Yes^[33]	Yes	Yes	?	Emacs, LEd, Texmaker, TeXstudio, Vim, WinEdt
KBibTeX	No	No	Yes	?	none
Mendeley	Yes	Yes	No	?	NeoOffice
Paperpile	No	No	No	No	Google Docs
Papers	Yes	Yes	?	?	Pages 4, Mellel, TextEdit; HTML
Pybliographer	No	Yes	Yes	?	none
Qiqqa	Yes	No	Yes	No	none
ReadCube	Yes	No	No	No	none
refbase	No	Yes^[34]	No	Yes	PIRA, MediaWiki, SPIP
RefDB	No	No	No	No	none
Reference Manager	Yes	No	No	?	none
Referencer	?	?	?	?	?
RefWorks	Yes	No	No	Yes	none
SciRef	Yes	No	No	No	No
Sente	Yes	No	No	Yes	Pages, Mellel, Nisus, TextEdit; HTML and plain text scan
Wikindx	No	No	No	Yes	Integrated WYSIWYG word processor (RTF output for Word/OpenOffice)
WizFolio	Yes	Yes	No	?	Google Docs, Zoho Writer
Zotero	Yes	Yes	(with LyZ)^[35]	Yes	NeoOffice, Google Docs

Database connectivity

This 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	Other
Aigaion	No	No	No	No	none
Bebop	No	No	No	No	No
BibBase	No	No	No	No	DBLP, Zotero, BibSonomy, Mendeley
BibDesk	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	ACM portal, Jstor, DBLP, Google Scholar, Web of Science, any Z39.50 or Entrez, and others
Biblioscape	No	No	No	Yes	Import from integrated web browser
BibSonomy	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various^[36]
Bibus	No	No	No	Yes	none
Bookends	Yes	No	No	Yes	Web of Science, Amazon, Google Scholar, Z39.50
Citavi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	WorldCat/OCLC, Ovid, EBSCO, ProQuest, Web of Science, Z39.50 (4800+ online resources), SRU, DOI lookup, ISBN lookup, PubmedID lookup
CiteULike	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various
colwiz	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Over 30 repositories, Import from integrated web browser
Docear	No	No	No	No	Google Scholar
EndNote	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	various^[37] any Z39.50
F1000Workspace	Yes	Coming soon (end of August 2015)	Coming soon (end of August 2015)	Yes	Google scholar, Google Books, Amazon, Web of Science/Web of Knowledge, WorldCat/OCLC, Science Direct, JSTOR, Highwire, PMC Europe, ACMDigitalLibrary, Scopus, Wiley, NIHLibrary, voyager, PrimoLibweb and majority of journal websites.
JabRef	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	ACM portal, DBLP, DOAJ, DOI, DiVA,^[38] GVK,^[39] Google Scholar, INSPIRE-HEP, Medline, Springer
KBibTeX	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	BibSonomy, CiteBase, CSB, DBLP, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, INSPIRE-HEP, Z MATH, Z39.50
Mendeley	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various
Paperpile	Yes	No	No	Yes	Google Scholar
Papers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	ACM, ADS, Google Books, Google Scholar, JSTOR, MathSciNet, Project Muse, Scopus, Web of Science
Pybliographer	No	No	No	Yes	none
Qiqqa	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	GoogleScholar, JSTOR
ReadCube	No	No	No	Yes	Microsoft Academic, Google Scholar
refbase	Yes	No	No	Yes	DOI lookup
RefDB	Yes	No	No	Yes	any Z39.50
Reference Manager	No	No	No	Yes	various^[40]
Referencer	?	?	?	?	?
RefWorks	No	No	No	Yes	various
SciRef	No	No	No	No	No
Sente	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Z39.50, SRU, Web of Knowledge
Wikindx	No	No	No	Yes	via plug-ins
WizFolio	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	various^[41]
Zotero	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	various^[42]

Password "protection" and network versions

Some reference managers provide network functionality. (N/A means the product has no networking, while "no" indicates it does (but lacks an implemented feature).)

Software	Passworded	Networking
Software	Passworded	User-specific permissions^[43]	Simultaneous write access
Aigaion	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bebop	No	N/A	N/A
BibBase	N/A	N/A	N/A
BibDesk	Yes	No	No
Biblioscape	Yes	Yes	Yes
BibSonomy	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bibus	?	?	?
Bookends	?	?	?
Citavi	Yes^[44]	Yes	Yes
CiteULike	Yes	No	Yes
colwiz	Yes	Yes	Yes
Docear	No	N/A	N/A
EndNote x7	Yes	No^[45]	No^[45]
F1000Workspace	Yes	Yes	Yes
JabRef	No	No	Partial
KBibTeX	No	N/A	N/A
Mendeley	Yes^[46]	Yes	Yes
Paperpile	Yes^[47]	Yes	Yes
Papers	?	?	?
Pybliographer	?	?	?
Qiqqa	Yes	Yes	Yes
ReadCube	Yes	Yes	No
refbase	Yes	Yes	Yes
RefDB	Yes	Yes	Yes
Reference Manager	Yes	No	Yes
Referencer	?	?	?
RefWorks	Yes	?	Yes
Sente	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wikindx	Yes	Yes	Yes
WizFolio	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zotero	Yes^[48]	Yes	Yes

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
↑ "dev.bibsonomy". BibSonomy.org. 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
↑ "Sonny Software – Bookends update history". Sonny Software. 2014-07-12. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
↑ Price depends on affiliation (discounted price for students and members of academic, governmental, and nonprofit organizations), edition (Citavi for Windows for single users and small teams, Citavi for DBServer for larger and large teams), and, in the case of DBServer, on the license type (per seat license vs. concurrent license), http://www.citavi.com/en/products.html
↑ "Collaborating in a Team with Citavi for DBServer". Swiss Academic Softwre. 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
↑ "Citavi – Organize your knowledge". Swiss Academic Software. 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
↑ A developer kit is available. The community is invited to create plugins to access data off databases
↑ A centrally-hosted website is available at refbase.net.
↑ "Zotero Changelog". Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
↑ "Love is… contagious: Announcing Papers for Windows". Announcing Papers for Windows.
↑ http://ezpaperz.ezbio.net
1 2 The GUI requires gnome-python, which isn't available for Windows or Mac OS X.
↑ Reference Manager is not compatible with word 2010
↑ The Write-N-Cite citation tool requires download & installation
↑ Support iOS versions
↑ "Output Styles". EndNote. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Supported through the bibutils plugin
↑ "Products". RefWorks. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
↑ "Journal Abbreviations". Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
↑ Endnote cannot import directly BibTex files, but there are various methods to transform these into the refer format, which may be imported
↑ "Import Filters". EndNote. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
↑ "Thomson ResearchSoft Reference Manager Filters: Terms of Use". Refman.com. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
↑ "Products". RefWorks. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
↑
↑ "Zotero supported data formats". Zotero.org. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
1 2 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."Creating a Publication with TeX". Swiss Academic Software. 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
↑ Database can be exported as a whole in BibTeX format. Text (ie. thoughts, comments, and quotations) can be exported to a number of TeX editors in LaTeX code or UTF-8,
↑ URLs aren't active links
1 2 "Plugins for Zotero". Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
↑ Can reformat references in a properly saved RTF document, allowing limited use in OpenOffice.org Writer, StarOffice, FrameMaker, Microsoft Works, WordPad, WordPerfect, and others. Bookends is able to scan files from Pages, Mellel, Nisus Writer Express and Pro Macros.
↑ Detailed setup guide "Citavi + LyX". Citavi. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
↑ see <http://www.jabref.org/faq/>].
↑ 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 .
↑ The LyZ extension integrates Zotero with Lyx/Kile
↑ "scraper info". BibSonomy. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
↑ "Connection Files". EndNote. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
↑ Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet http://www.diva-portal.org>
↑ Gemeinsamer Verbundkatalog <http://gso.gbv.de>
↑ "Reference Manager Z39.50 Hosts". Refman.com. 2003-03-11. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
↑ "WizAdd (Web Importer) - WizFolio". Help.wizfolio.com. 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
↑ "translators [Zotero Documentation]". Zotero.org. 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
↑ 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.
↑ Database file can be saved on shared network drive for small teams. Storage of data in Microsoft SQL Server in intranet or in private cloud on Windows Azure for large teams.
1 2 via EndNote basic (cloud based)
↑ via Mendeley Web
↑ uses Google Account
↑ via zotero.org

Bibliography

Gilmour, Ron; Cobus-Kuo, Laura (2011). "Reference Management Software: a Comparative Analysis of Four Products". doi:10.5062/F4Z60KZF. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
Perkel, Jeffrey M. (2015-11-02). "Eight ways to clean a digital library". Nature 527 (7576): 123–124. doi:10.1038/527123a. ISSN 0028-0836. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN LIBRARY (2015-06-01). "Reference Management Software Comparison - 5th Update" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-11-10.

External links

Bibliographic Software and Standards Information (April 2013, but a lot is outdated)
Reference Manager Overview by Martin Fenner, version 2.4 (2010-09-19)
Comparison of Free Bibliographic Managers (March 2007)

Reference management software

Open source	BibDesk Docear Ilibrarian JabRef KBibTeX Pybliographer Referencer Wikindx Zotero

Retail	Biblioscape Bookends Citavi EndNote Mendeley Papers Qiqqa Reference Manager (discontinued) Sente

Web-based	BibSonomy CiteULike Connotea (discontinued) Ilibrarian Mendeley Qiqqa RefWorks Wikindx WizFolio Zotero

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