RefWorks Alternatives

RefWorks is described as '- 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' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to RefWorks for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Windows, iPhone and iPad apps. The best RefWorks alternative is Zotero, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like RefWorks are Mendeley, Qiqqa, JabRef and BibSonomy.

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  1. Zotero icon
     500 likes

    Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, share research and cite your research sources directly in your favourite word processor, with 300 MB free online storage.

    93 Zotero alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Microsoft Word
    • Google Docs
    • LibreOffice
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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    Zotero vs RefWorks Comments
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    It works - and it's open-source (not controlled by publishing company)

    • Zotero is Freemium and Open SourceRefWorks is Paid and Proprietary
    • Zotero is Privacy focusedRefWorks is not according to our users
  2. Mendeley icon
     294 likes

    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...

    94 Mendeley alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  3. Qiqqa icon
     426 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. JabRef icon
     108 likes

    Bibliography reference manager. The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  5. BibSonomy icon
     45 likes

    BibSonomy is a system for sharing bookmarks and lists of literature (BibTex format).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Paperpile icon
     59 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Microsoft Office Word
    • Google Drive
    • Google Drive - Docs
    • Google Scholar
     
  7. EndNote icon
     45 likes

    Reference management tool supporting searching and importing from databases, auto-formatting citations, creating bibliographies, syncing libraries via the cloud, annotating PDFs, collaboration, deduplication of references, web-based access, and AI-powered assistance.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  8. Research icon
     5 likes

    The Research app is designed to streamline your workflow, offering a minimalist yet powerful platform for collecting, organizing, and analyzing research materials.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  9. ReadCube Papers icon
     71 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Firefox
     
  10. Citavi icon
     53 likes

    Reference management and knowledge organization with integrated task planner. Solution for work groups with data sharing in intranet available.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. EazyFormat icon
     1 like

    EazyFormat allows professional-looking documents creation in seconds with Google Docs add-on using format templates and custom style presets that applies on the entire document in one click.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Google Drive
    • Google Docs
    • Google Workspace
     
  12. linXiv icon
     1 like

    One library you can host yourself: search arXiv and beyond, organise papers into projects, and keep the same paper in several threads without losing context. A Tauri desktop app with a React UI; graph, library, tags, in-app PDFs, and project-scoped notes.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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