Ultimate Reference Management Software Comparison

This is an ultimate comparison of reference management software.

Start the comparison

1. Install dependencies npm install
2. Start webserver npm start
3. Alternatively start development mode npm run dev

Ultimate-Reference-Management-Software-Comparison Element Specification

The code below shows all available options for an element. The value for Version must be added to the table.json file and also the number of Document types if it does not exist already.

# Name of the software - http://www.example.com
Short description ...

## Version
- "version number or date of review in the format YYYY-MM-DD"

## Open Source
- yes
- no

## Web client
- yes
- yes (L)
- no

## Import from files
- yes
- no

## Import filter
- BibTeX
- RIS
- others

## Import from web pages
- yes
- no

## Export
- BibTeX
- RIS
- others

## Database search
- Google Scholar
- arXiv
- IEEE Xplore
- DBLP
- Springer
- Crossref
- own database
- others
- none

## Full-text search
- yes
- yes (L)
- no

## Manual entry of Reference / Title
- yes
- no

## Document types
- "number"

## Define new document types
- yes
- no

## Define new entry fields
- yes
- no

## Add metadata from other sources
- ISBN
- DOI
- others

## Link references
- yes
- no

## Integration of documents
- yes
- yes (L)
- no

## Duplicate check
- yes
- yes (L)
- no

## Processing and evaluation of full texts
- yes
- yes (L)
- no

## Data display
- BibTeX
- short
- full
- list
- table
- timeline
- citation
- arbitrary

## Sorting options
- yes
- no

## Search history
- yes
- no

## Sharing records
- yes
- yes (L)
- no

## Cooperative use
- yes
- yes (L)
- no

## Different citation styles
- yes
- no

## Self-definition or adaptation of citation styles
- yes
- no

## Word processing support
- TeX-Editor
- MS Word
- LibreOffice
- OpenOffice
- Google Docs
- none

## Creation of literature lists
- static
- dynamic
- dynamic (L)

## Organization of knowledge
- notes
- tags
- groups
- special fields
- free text fields
- mind map

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