JabRef - Free Citation and Reference Management App for Windows, macOS and Linux

JabRef is an open-source reference management software designed for researchers, students, and academics. It allows users to organize and manage bibliographic data in various formats like BibTeX, BibLaTeX, and other citation styles.

JabRef offers features such as automated metadata retrieval from online databases, keyword grouping, and integration with LaTeX editors.

The app supports collaborative work through shared databases and provides tools for searching, importing, and exporting references. It is available on multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, and Linux, making it a versatile choice for managing academic references efficiently.

Features

Collect

• Search across many online scientific catalogues like CiteSeer, CrossRef, Google Scholar, IEEEXplore, INSPIRE-HEP, Medline PubMed, MathSciNet, Springer, arXiv, and zbMATH
• Import options for over 15 reference formats
• Easily retrieve and link full-text articles
• Fetch complete bibliographic information based on ISBN, DOI, PubMed-ID and arXiv-ID
• Extract metadata from PDFs
• Import new references directly from the browser with one click using the official browser extension for Firefox, Chrome, Edge, and Vivaldi

Organize

• Group your research into hierarchical collections and organize research items based on keywords/tags, search terms, or your manual assignments
• Advanced search and filter features
• Complete and fix bibliographic data by comparing with curated online catalogs such as Google Scholar, Springer, or MathSciNet
• Customizable citation key generator
• Customize and add new metadata fields or reference types
• Find and merge duplicates
• Attach related documents: 20 different kinds of documents supported out of the box, completely customizable and extendable
• Automatically rename and move associated documents according to customizable rules
• Keep track of what you read: ranking, priority, printed, quality-assured

Cite

• Native BibTeX and Biblatex support
• Cite-as-you-write functionality for external applications such as Emacs, Kile, LyX, Texmaker, TeXstudio, Vim and WinEdt.
• Format references using one of thousands of built-in citation styles or create your own style
• Support for Word and LibreOffice/OpenOffice for inserting and formatting citations

Share

• Many built-in export options or create your export format
• Library is saved as a simple text file, and thus it is easy to share with others via Dropbox and is version-control friendly
• Work in a team: sync the contents of your library via a SQL database

License

MIT License

Resources & Downloads

• Source-code and download
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GitHub - JabRef/jabref: Graphical Java application for managing BibTeX and biblatex (.bib) databases

Graphical Java application for managing BibTeX and biblatex (.bib) databases - JabRef/jabref

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