Zotero Alternatives

Zotero is described as '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' and is a leading research manager in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Zotero for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Windows, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Zotero alternative is Mendeley, which is free. Other great apps like Zotero are JabRef, Qiqqa, EndNote and Paperpile.

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Zotero alternatives are mainly Research Managers, but if you're looking for Document Managers or Academic Research Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Open Source, Research Manager and Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Zotero.
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  1. Paperlib icon
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    An open-source and simple academic paper management tool.

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    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Safari
     
  2. 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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    • Windows
     
  3. Litmaps icon
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    Discover the world of Scientific Literature - LITERATURE REVIEW SOFTWARE FOR FASTER RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. Nexlit icon
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    AI-powered research paper library. Upload research papers, get AI summaries, search semantically, and ask questions with cited answers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  5. PaperShip icon
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    PaperShip is an iPad, iPhone, and Mac application designed to give you access to your Mendeley / Zotero library on-the-go. You will enjoy annotating your PDFs with highlights, notes, free text, drawings and much more!

    10 PaperShip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. SCIENTILLA icon
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    Scientilla is a new approach to give the scientific community an open, free, accurate, tidy and up-to-date production reporting solution.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Automatically create website citations in the APA, MLA, Chicago, or Harvard referencing styles at the click of a button.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
     
  9. ResearcherPRO has been designed to help researchers and anyone who is interested in reading papers, in facilitating many operations such as discover them, organize them, sync them and note taking on them.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. Scite Ai icon
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    Enables Smart Citations showing context and classification, supports citation statement searches, provides dashboards for journals and institutions, manages article collections, tracks scite Index, supplies insights on author and journal performance, and sends new citation notifications.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  11. dox2U icon
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    dox2U is one of the best low-cost document management systems for all your documented information, allowing you to organize, retrieve and manage your documents seamlessly.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. 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
     
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