EndNote Alternatives and Similar Software

EndNote is used for reference management and bibliography creation available for Windows, the web, and on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. As it is paid software, many users will understandably be looking for free and open source alternatives to EndNote. There are plenty of alternatives available on the Google Play Store, macOS, and Linux as well.

Many alternatives to EndNote feature more robust features and functionality, including the ability to annotate PDFs and support for real time collaboration.

The list of alternatives was last updated: 6/9/2020 2:08:00 AM

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Alternatives to EndNote for all platforms with any license

Zotero

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox/Chrome extension or standalone program to help you collect, organize, manage, search and cite your research sources directly in your favourite word processor, with 300 MB free online storage.
- Consistent research sources management. No hidden fees. Nice UI. Guest • May 2017 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Probably the best open source alternative to Endnote, even though it does lack some functionality. Most notably, it lacks the ability to make composite references (ie reference 1 a)... b)... c...). However, from a privacy perspective and the fact that its excellent browser plugins can save information conveniently, it's still highly recommended. JohnFastman • Dec 2016 • 4 agrees and 4 disagrees
Freemium Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome Safari ... Microsoft Office Word Google Drive - Docs LibreOffice Firefox
Browser integration Cross-references Export to LaTeX Knowledge Management ... Legacy Firefox Addon Cloud Storage Export to CSV Firefox Extensions Importing from webpages LibreOffice Integration Compatible with Microsoft Office Microsoft Office integration Multiple languages Save web page for offline use Sync between devices Support for WebDAV Add a feature

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Mendeley Reference Manager

Mendeley helps manage and share academic knowledge: Mendeley Desktop is free academic software (Windows, Mac, Linux) for organizing and sharing research papers and generating bibliographies with 1GB of free online storage to automatically back up and synchronize your library across desktop, web and mobile. Mendeley Web is a free research network which lets you manage research papers online, discover trends and connect to like-minded academics.
- Large free online storage. Integrates well with Word. Easy to use. Regular email of like-minded articles. Guest • Jun 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone iPad
Word integration Bibliography generator Browser integration LibreOffice Integration ... Microsoft Office integration PDF annotation Real time collaboration Social network Add a feature

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Qiqqa

Qiqqa is a free research and reference manager. Search for, read and annotate your PDFs. Then review your work, write up and create bibliographies instantly. Superb reference and document management. Import PDFs into separate libraries. Automatic OCR and tag extraction. Qiqqa helps you populate missing metadata for millions of research papers. Full-text search, duplicate paper detection, inbound and outbound links, and much more.
- Much more powerful and flexible Guest • Sep 2016 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Windows Web Android Android Tablet
PDF annotation Bib Tex Sniffer Cross-references Full text search ... Brainstorming Citations Cloud sync Automatic Tagging Autotagging Bibliography generator Brainstorm mode Citation detection Content analysis Document annotations File management File Searching File Tagging Library Library section Metadata Search PDF OCR Plaguarism detection Portable Qualitative Data Analysis Real time collaboration Social network Structured data Student Tagging Text Highlighting Text search feature Theme mapping Optimized for Touch screen Add a feature

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JabRef

JabRef is an open source bibliography reference manager. The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format.
- JabRef is excellent, free and open source. Unfortunately, EndNote is likely to be attractive to those seeking integration with MS Word; JabRef does not do this as it is oriented more towards LaTeX users. There is a work around to this, but it is tedious (based on exporting the bibliography as a Sources.xml file and importing that to Word.) JohnFastman • Dec 2016 • 1 agrees and 3 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Autocompletion Automatic file renaming Export citation File-sync ... Grouping entries Add a feature

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Docear

Docear is a unique solution to academic literature management, which helps you organizing, creating, and discovering academic literature. The 3 most distinct features are: 1. A single-section user-interface that allows the most comprehensive organization of your literature.
- Discontinued
  Development and support of Docear have been stopped in August 2017. Last version, 1.2, released in December 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website. http://www.docear.org/2017/02/05/docears-online-services-are-down-recommendation-user-registration-backup/
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web
PDF annotation Citations Education File management ... Book manager Mind Map view Portable Add a feature

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Paperpile

Organize your research papers in a Gmail-like web app, sync your PDFs to Google Drive and cite your references in Google Docs.

Commercial Web Chrome Google Drive Google Drive - Docs Google Scholar
Sync with Google Drive Library Add a feature

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Weava

Weava is a collaborative workplace for research offering an easy way to highlight, organize and collaborate on your research articles.

Freemium Web Chrome
Bibliography generator Citations PDF annotation Text Highlighting Add a feature

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ReadCube Papers

Papers helps you collect and curate the research material that you're passionate about. This award-winning reference manager will improve the way you find, organize, read, cite, and share. With Papers across all of your devices, unlock a powerful suite of features that will streamline your research life and keep you one step ahead. Student rate (undergrad/graduate /doctoral with valid student id) : $3/month. Standard academic licenses: $5/month.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Web Android iPhone ... Android Tablet iPad
Citations Book manager Add a feature

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Citavi

A handy, intuitive reference-managing tool. Citavi researches in over 4800 databases and catalogs, organizes and structures your literature, references, quotes and idea collections and assists you with your documentation or publication. Currently available in German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Polish.

Freemium Windows
Information gathering Intuitive Nodes Knowledge base Knowledge Management ... Book manager Task Management Add a feature

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Bookends

Bookends is a commercial reference management software package for Mac OS X that is used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles. Its target market is students, academics and professionals. It works with several word processors, including Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, Mellel, Nisus Writer Express, OpenOffice.org Writer and others. Bookends is made by Sonny Software and maintained by its owner and developer Jon Ashwell.
- Works well with Word and Mellel, can be customized, is reasonably priced, and is kept up to date with good support. Guest • Apr 2018
Commercial $ $ $ Mac iPhone iPad
Bibliography generator Citations Add a feature

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