Comparison of reference management software
The following tables compare reference management software.
General
| Software | Developer | First public release | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Open source | License | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibus | Bibus developers | 2004-06-03 | 1.3.0 (2007-12-16) | Free | Yes | GPL | Integrates with Word and OO.o Writer |
| JabRef | JabRef developers | 2003-11-29 | 2.2 (2007-01-30) | Free | Yes | GPL | Java BibTeX manager |
| refbase | refbase developers | 2003-06-03 | 0.9.0 (2006-10-23) | Free | Yes | GPL | Mainly for small institutional repositories/self-archiving |
| Zotero | Center for History and New Media | 2006-10-05 | 1.0.0b3.r1 (2007-01-08) | Free | Yes | EPL | Firefox extension |
| Software | Creator | Development started | First public release | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Open source | Notes |
Export
| Software | BibTeX | Copac | CSA | Endnote/Refer/BibIX | ISI | Medline | MODS XML | Ovid | PubMed | RefWorks | RIS | SciFinder | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibus | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
| JabRef | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | BibTeXML, DocBook, OpenDocument for OO.o |
| refbase | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | OpenDocument OO.o |
| Zotero | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | RDF |
| Software | BibTeX | Copac | CSA | Endnote/Refer/BibIX | ISI | Medline | MODS XML | Ovid | PubMed | RefWorks | RIS | SciFinder | Other |
Import
| Software | BibTeX | Copac | CSA | Endnote/Refer/BibIX | ISI | Medline | MODS XML | Ovid | PubMed | RefWorks | RIS | SciFinder | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibus | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
| JabRef | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | BibTexML, Biblioscape, Biomail, INSPEC, JStor, REPEC (NEP), SilverPlatter, SixPack |
| refbase | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Zotero | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | MARC,RDF |
| Software | BibTeX | Copac | CSA | Endnote/Refer/BibIX | ISI | Medline | MODS XML | Ovid | PubMed | RefWorks | RIS | SciFinder | Other |