Reference Manager Alternatives

Reference Manager is described as 'Reference system for academic writing. Online Reference Searcher: Collect references from remote bibliographic databases. Search ISI Web of Science®, PubMed and Internet libraries worldwide from Reference Manager' and is a research manager in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Reference Manager for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Reference Manager alternative is Zotero, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Reference Manager are Qiqqa, Mendeley, JabRef and Zoho Notebook.

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  1. wizdom.ai icon
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    wizdom.ai (formerly colwiz) is a free and comprehensive research management software for researchers, academics and students. With the wizdom.ai android app, you can search, add and manage publications in your wizdom.ai library on the go. Sync instantly across wizdom.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  2. Peerlibrary icon
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    PeerLibrary is an open source project developing a collaborative online community where scholars and researchers can discover, read, and discuss scholarly literature all within one site. This project focuses on expediting access to publications, enabling public recordings of...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  3. BibDesk icon
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    BibDesk is a bibliographic reference manager for Mac OS X. BibDesk is designed to help organize and use bibliographic databases in BibTeX .bib format.

    34 BibDesk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. RefWorks icon
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    RefWorks - an online research management, writing and collaboration tool - is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  5. PDF Stacks icon
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    With PDF Stacks, you can organize, find and browse, search, annonate and share your collection and library of PDF files, papers, research and journal articles with a single click. It saves you time: no more wondering around your computer to find a PDF file.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. Biblioscape icon
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    Software to help researchers collect and manage bibliographic data, take notes while doing research, and generate citations and bibliographies for publication.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. BibMe icon
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    BibMe is a free automatic citation creator that supports MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formatting. BibMe leverages external databases to quickly fill citation information for you. BibMe will then format the citation information and compile a bibliography according to the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Bookends icon
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    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.

    32 Bookends alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9. UbikReader icon
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    UbikReader is the new way to organize your documents. Multitask while you read, annotate, write notes and share your documents with ease. No more worrying about how to manage your large, cluttered library of documents.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. NotesHolder icon
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    NotesHolder lets you quickly type in any piece of information so that you can easily find it when you need, read it or print it out for your convenience. This is the most effective way to store all your notes without cluttering up your desk with post it notes / sticky notes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Refeus icon
     8 likes

    Refeus is a software to simplify scientific work. Refeus supports the complete workflow from collecting and managing content and publications to write and publishing documents.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Exstora icon
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    Built-in quick note: save ideas, contacts, interesting facts

    With Exstora, you can write down a thought that comes to your mind as soon as possible. To create a new note, just double-click next to the corresponding section.

    Personal organizer software: plans for the future, eve.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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