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Mendeley alternatives
Mendeley is used to manage and share research papers and generate bibliographies for scholarly articles. It brings your research to life, so you can make an impact on tomorrow. Search over 100 million cross-publisher articles and counting. Allows to work in different locations with identical desktop and web versions, insert citations in Word seamlessly while writing. The best Mendeley alternatives are: Zotero, EndNote, RefWorks, Papers, Citavi, Paperpile, JabRef, Google Scholar
Here are the latest news about Mendeley:
13.06.24. Mendeley improves Search Experience
Academic Paper Management software Mendeley has released new features that will make the researcher’s life a bit easier. The updated version adds ease to your search experience and be on a first name basis with your references. Users can now search for authors by their first name in the library search. Besides, the updated Mendeley Reference Manager allows to organise your library like a pro and sort your references by file, which means you can put all references with a file attached at the top. And if you want to turn a sub-collection into a parent collection, you can simply drag a sub-collection to “Collection” and just like that it becomes a parent collection.
2024. Mendeley adds new shortcuts, Unsorted Collection
Scientific paper management software Mendeley has released new version that features few keyboard shortcuts to help users better navigate Mendeley Reference Manager. Another new feature - is Unsorted Collection. When you have a large library, it can be hard to keep track of what collection a reference belongs to and even harder to know whether a reference belongs to a collection at all. Which is why Mendeley Reference Manager has added a new smart collection that contains all references that do not belong to a user collection. Just like with the ‘All References’ smart collection, users can now drag and drop references from any folder, hard drive, or external storage into their user collections in Mendeley Reference Manager. Besides in the new version you can customise your library experience; whether you want to see as much information as possible, or you prefer a summarised view, users can now resize their table columns to their preferences.
2023. Mendeley Cite adds footnote citation styles
In the sprawling, ever-befuddling universe of academic writing, where citations are the cosmic breadcrumbs connecting intellectual musings across the ages, Mendeley Cite has always been the trusty hitchhiker’s guide to in-text citations. Now, in a stroke of bureaucratic genius surely born from the depths of a particularly scholarly hyperspace, it also supports footnote citations—a feature destined to enhance the art of citing with the elegance of a Vogon poetry recital (but far less painful). Thanks to the harmonious relationship between Mendeley Cite and the Reference Manager, the process of juggling countless references, especially during the Sisyphean task of writing a thesis, becomes marginally less absurd. To deploy the marvel of footnote citations, simply open the app, adjust the Citation Settings, and, with all the flair of flipping an improbability drive switch, select your preferred citation style. From there, either insert a cluster of references using the "insert # citations" pop-up or opt for a solo act by clicking the 'insert citation' button with an air of intergalactic purpose.
2021. Reference Management software Mendeley mobile app for Android and iOS is retired
Mendeley developers have decided to withdraw lesser used mobile app from service to focus on those products that are used by more of the Mendeley Community. The app has been withdrawn from the App Store and Google Play. While some researchers indeed used the native Mendeley mobile apps, unfortunately overall usage figures showed that this feature does not support the majority of Mendeley users. Having discontinued the mobile app the developers will now focus on the solutions that the majority of the suite users value most. This includes making improvements to Mendeley Reference Manager, Mendeley Cite and Mendeley Web Importer. In order to continue the use of their Mendeley library, app users are advised to sync their library to the cloud in advance. Users can then access their library on Mendeley Reference Manager web or desktop application.
2020. Mendeley Web Library is changing to the new Mendeley Reference Manager
In the grand cosmic scheme of reference management, where scholarly chaos meets the mildly unhinged quest for organization, Mendeley has decided to upgrade its Web Libraries by teleporting them into the shiny new dimension of the Mendeley Reference Manager. This gloriously cloud-based contraption not only syncs your every tweak and edit across all conceivable devices, locations, and Mendeley gadgets (desktop app and Mendeley Cite included) but also ensures that the online and desktop incarnations are so eerily identical, you might start questioning reality itself. Fear not, however, for in the inevitable offline void of the universe, you can carry on with your academic pursuits, confident that your updates will automagically rejoin the cloud collective when you reconnect. Oh, and as if that wasn’t enough to tickle the intergalactic librarian in you, this splendid new tool brings along goodies like the Mendeley Notebook—a wondrous little space for gathering your notes and highlights from countless PDFs. And for those who like their reference managing tools firmly installed on terra firma, the desktop version is but a download away.
2020. Mendeley has introduced new Web Importer
In a small corner of the academic universe, where the chaos of references and PDFs reign supreme, Mendeley—galactic librarian extraordinaire—has unleashed a shiny new incarnation of its Web Importer tool. Now compatible with both Chrome and Firefox, this upgrade has been meticulously rebuilt with the kind of precision you’d expect from beings who can calculate the improbability of referencing anything properly. Among its delightful quirks: the ability to upload PDFs directly to your Mendeley library while you frolic through other tabs—or even close the window entirely, secure in the knowledge that your uploads will soldier on without you. And should you feel the burning need to preview a PDF before committing it to your scholarly hoard, a single click on 'View PDF' unveils it within Elsevier’s cosmic-grade PDF reader, replete with shortcuts and clickable doodads to whisk you through the text. The interface has been spruced up with a simplicity that might even please Marvin the Paranoid Android, remembering your last selected collection so you can save precious nanoseconds while adding references to your library or group. An improbably useful tool for improbably busy academics.
2019. Mendeley has added note-taking feature
Mendeley has recently introduced a new feature called Mendeley Notebook, which serves as a note-taking tool. This tool provides a working space where users can keep their thoughts in one place, making it easy to collect highlights from multiple PDFs and add their own comments. You can add highlights from as many PDFs as you want to your Notebook. Researchers have expressed their desire to have highlights and annotations associated with the PDF, but since they often read multiple PDFs simultaneously, they wanted a way to consolidate their notes in one place. With Mendeley Notebook, users can now achieve this goal.
2017. Mendeley adds sweet citation management on Windows
The shimmering new marvel that is Mendeley Cite now graces the hallowed halls of Office 365, allowing you to summon references and conjure bibliographies with all the flair of a well-oiled intergalactic bureaucracy. Previously tethered to the slightly less thrilling Mendeley Desktop via an old-school plugin, this updated incarnation now resides comfortably in the cloud, effortlessly weaving between your applications like a particularly well-behaved Vogon poet. Be warned, though: while Microsoft Word comes equipped with a scant handful of citation styles, the stylishly inclined can import more from BibWord. But beware, intrepid scholar—mixing Word’s citation system with Mendeley’s is like trying to play cricket with two sets of rules; you’ll end up with double citations and twice the bibliographies, to the horror of your document. Oh, and if you're wielding Word 2010 or newer on Windows, you’re in luck—this feature is for you.
2016. Mendeley enables colored annotations
Mendeley now allows users to annotate PDF articles in eight different colors, enabling the creation of a rainbow of annotations and sticky notes. In addition to this feature, other changes have been made to the reference manager to enhance the annotation experience. Menus will appear when texts or annotations are selected, making the process quicker and more intuitive. Furthermore, organizing documents in the Web Library has become easier with the ability to Drag 'n' Drop documents and folders into other folders. These features are now available in the latest version of Mendeley (iOS 2.90, Desktop 1.16, Android 1.8.2). If you can't see these features, ensure that you have restarted the application while connected to the internet and that you have the latest version of Mendeley.
2015. Mendeley Data allows to get DOI online
There is a growing trend in the scientific community to utilize research data more effectively. With funding bodies and governments now requiring that all research outcomes be made publicly available, researchers are seeking ways to publish, share and provide access to their data to other researchers. The new online Mendeley Data repository has been developed to support this movement. It offers a platform where researchers can upload their raw research data and assign it a unique identifier (a versioned DOI), thus making the research citable. This feature is explained in more detail in the Mendeley Data FAQs. In addition, the platform offers the ability to link research datasets to partnering journal websites such as ScienceDirect, Cellpress and others to come, which allows readers to easily navigate from a research article to the underlying data, while the dataset links back to the article.
2015. Mendeley is launching Recently Read feature
Mendeley, in its infinite wisdom—or perhaps a mild case of genius—has unveiled a shiny new feature delightfully named "Recently Read", designed to make your scholarly wanderings across devices smoother than a Vogon bureaucrat's logic. This nifty addition remembers where you last left off in up to 20 PDFs, so whether you abandon a paper on your desktop or fling it aside on your tablet, you can pick it up again on your phone without so much as a muttered curse. Currently gracing Mendeley Desktop (v1.14) on Win/Mac/Linux and iOS (v2.6), this feature will soon beam its benevolence to Android and the Web Library. And as if that weren’t enough to make bibliophiles swoon, the update also sprinkles in high-quality DOI lookups and the gloriously expansive charm of full-screen tabs on MacOS.
13.06.24. Mendeley improves Search Experience
Academic Paper Management software Mendeley has released new features that will make the researcher’s life a bit easier. The updated version adds ease to your search experience and be on a first name basis with your references. Users can now search for authors by their first name in the library search. Besides, the updated Mendeley Reference Manager allows to organise your library like a pro and sort your references by file, which means you can put all references with a file attached at the top. And if you want to turn a sub-collection into a parent collection, you can simply drag a sub-collection to “Collection” and just like that it becomes a parent collection.
2024. Mendeley adds new shortcuts, Unsorted Collection
Scientific paper management software Mendeley has released new version that features few keyboard shortcuts to help users better navigate Mendeley Reference Manager. Another new feature - is Unsorted Collection. When you have a large library, it can be hard to keep track of what collection a reference belongs to and even harder to know whether a reference belongs to a collection at all. Which is why Mendeley Reference Manager has added a new smart collection that contains all references that do not belong to a user collection. Just like with the ‘All References’ smart collection, users can now drag and drop references from any folder, hard drive, or external storage into their user collections in Mendeley Reference Manager. Besides in the new version you can customise your library experience; whether you want to see as much information as possible, or you prefer a summarised view, users can now resize their table columns to their preferences.
2023. Mendeley Cite adds footnote citation styles
In the sprawling, ever-befuddling universe of academic writing, where citations are the cosmic breadcrumbs connecting intellectual musings across the ages, Mendeley Cite has always been the trusty hitchhiker’s guide to in-text citations. Now, in a stroke of bureaucratic genius surely born from the depths of a particularly scholarly hyperspace, it also supports footnote citations—a feature destined to enhance the art of citing with the elegance of a Vogon poetry recital (but far less painful). Thanks to the harmonious relationship between Mendeley Cite and the Reference Manager, the process of juggling countless references, especially during the Sisyphean task of writing a thesis, becomes marginally less absurd. To deploy the marvel of footnote citations, simply open the app, adjust the Citation Settings, and, with all the flair of flipping an improbability drive switch, select your preferred citation style. From there, either insert a cluster of references using the "insert # citations" pop-up or opt for a solo act by clicking the 'insert citation' button with an air of intergalactic purpose.
2021. Reference Management software Mendeley mobile app for Android and iOS is retired
Mendeley developers have decided to withdraw lesser used mobile app from service to focus on those products that are used by more of the Mendeley Community. The app has been withdrawn from the App Store and Google Play. While some researchers indeed used the native Mendeley mobile apps, unfortunately overall usage figures showed that this feature does not support the majority of Mendeley users. Having discontinued the mobile app the developers will now focus on the solutions that the majority of the suite users value most. This includes making improvements to Mendeley Reference Manager, Mendeley Cite and Mendeley Web Importer. In order to continue the use of their Mendeley library, app users are advised to sync their library to the cloud in advance. Users can then access their library on Mendeley Reference Manager web or desktop application.
2020. Mendeley Web Library is changing to the new Mendeley Reference Manager
In the grand cosmic scheme of reference management, where scholarly chaos meets the mildly unhinged quest for organization, Mendeley has decided to upgrade its Web Libraries by teleporting them into the shiny new dimension of the Mendeley Reference Manager. This gloriously cloud-based contraption not only syncs your every tweak and edit across all conceivable devices, locations, and Mendeley gadgets (desktop app and Mendeley Cite included) but also ensures that the online and desktop incarnations are so eerily identical, you might start questioning reality itself. Fear not, however, for in the inevitable offline void of the universe, you can carry on with your academic pursuits, confident that your updates will automagically rejoin the cloud collective when you reconnect. Oh, and as if that wasn’t enough to tickle the intergalactic librarian in you, this splendid new tool brings along goodies like the Mendeley Notebook—a wondrous little space for gathering your notes and highlights from countless PDFs. And for those who like their reference managing tools firmly installed on terra firma, the desktop version is but a download away.
2020. Mendeley has introduced new Web Importer
In a small corner of the academic universe, where the chaos of references and PDFs reign supreme, Mendeley—galactic librarian extraordinaire—has unleashed a shiny new incarnation of its Web Importer tool. Now compatible with both Chrome and Firefox, this upgrade has been meticulously rebuilt with the kind of precision you’d expect from beings who can calculate the improbability of referencing anything properly. Among its delightful quirks: the ability to upload PDFs directly to your Mendeley library while you frolic through other tabs—or even close the window entirely, secure in the knowledge that your uploads will soldier on without you. And should you feel the burning need to preview a PDF before committing it to your scholarly hoard, a single click on 'View PDF' unveils it within Elsevier’s cosmic-grade PDF reader, replete with shortcuts and clickable doodads to whisk you through the text. The interface has been spruced up with a simplicity that might even please Marvin the Paranoid Android, remembering your last selected collection so you can save precious nanoseconds while adding references to your library or group. An improbably useful tool for improbably busy academics.
2019. Mendeley has added note-taking feature
Mendeley has recently introduced a new feature called Mendeley Notebook, which serves as a note-taking tool. This tool provides a working space where users can keep their thoughts in one place, making it easy to collect highlights from multiple PDFs and add their own comments. You can add highlights from as many PDFs as you want to your Notebook. Researchers have expressed their desire to have highlights and annotations associated with the PDF, but since they often read multiple PDFs simultaneously, they wanted a way to consolidate their notes in one place. With Mendeley Notebook, users can now achieve this goal.
2017. Mendeley adds sweet citation management on Windows
The shimmering new marvel that is Mendeley Cite now graces the hallowed halls of Office 365, allowing you to summon references and conjure bibliographies with all the flair of a well-oiled intergalactic bureaucracy. Previously tethered to the slightly less thrilling Mendeley Desktop via an old-school plugin, this updated incarnation now resides comfortably in the cloud, effortlessly weaving between your applications like a particularly well-behaved Vogon poet. Be warned, though: while Microsoft Word comes equipped with a scant handful of citation styles, the stylishly inclined can import more from BibWord. But beware, intrepid scholar—mixing Word’s citation system with Mendeley’s is like trying to play cricket with two sets of rules; you’ll end up with double citations and twice the bibliographies, to the horror of your document. Oh, and if you're wielding Word 2010 or newer on Windows, you’re in luck—this feature is for you.
2016. Mendeley enables colored annotations
Mendeley now allows users to annotate PDF articles in eight different colors, enabling the creation of a rainbow of annotations and sticky notes. In addition to this feature, other changes have been made to the reference manager to enhance the annotation experience. Menus will appear when texts or annotations are selected, making the process quicker and more intuitive. Furthermore, organizing documents in the Web Library has become easier with the ability to Drag 'n' Drop documents and folders into other folders. These features are now available in the latest version of Mendeley (iOS 2.90, Desktop 1.16, Android 1.8.2). If you can't see these features, ensure that you have restarted the application while connected to the internet and that you have the latest version of Mendeley.
2015. Mendeley Data allows to get DOI online
There is a growing trend in the scientific community to utilize research data more effectively. With funding bodies and governments now requiring that all research outcomes be made publicly available, researchers are seeking ways to publish, share and provide access to their data to other researchers. The new online Mendeley Data repository has been developed to support this movement. It offers a platform where researchers can upload their raw research data and assign it a unique identifier (a versioned DOI), thus making the research citable. This feature is explained in more detail in the Mendeley Data FAQs. In addition, the platform offers the ability to link research datasets to partnering journal websites such as ScienceDirect, Cellpress and others to come, which allows readers to easily navigate from a research article to the underlying data, while the dataset links back to the article.
2015. Mendeley is launching Recently Read feature
Mendeley, in its infinite wisdom—or perhaps a mild case of genius—has unveiled a shiny new feature delightfully named "Recently Read", designed to make your scholarly wanderings across devices smoother than a Vogon bureaucrat's logic. This nifty addition remembers where you last left off in up to 20 PDFs, so whether you abandon a paper on your desktop or fling it aside on your tablet, you can pick it up again on your phone without so much as a muttered curse. Currently gracing Mendeley Desktop (v1.14) on Win/Mac/Linux and iOS (v2.6), this feature will soon beam its benevolence to Android and the Web Library. And as if that weren’t enough to make bibliophiles swoon, the update also sprinkles in high-quality DOI lookups and the gloriously expansive charm of full-screen tabs on MacOS.
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