Papers

Papers, developed by Digital Science Research & Solutions Inc., is a reference management tool designed to simplify the research process for individuals, academic researchers, research teams, and academic institutions. According to the vendor, Papers aims to enhance the research experience by offering features such as organizing and accessing reference materials, importing references from various sources, searching and discovering new articles, reading and annotating PDFs, sharing and collaborating with others, and generating citations and bibliographies. Papers is commonly used by professionals in the fields of academic research, science, scholarship, student academia, and library science.

Key Features

Fast, intuitive access to all your reference materials: According to the vendor, Papers provides a user-friendly interface for accessing and organizing reference materials. Users can easily import references from various sources, such as desktop, databases, journals, and other reference managers. It also offers metadata matching and collection management features to ensure accurate and organized reference materials.

Stop searching and start discovering: Papers aims to enhance the research discovery process by providing an enhanced reading environment connected to a searchable database of over 130 million articles. According to the vendor, it offers recommended related resources, citation, retraction, and Altmetric data to provide context to research.

Real-time collaboration & cross-device syncing: Papers enables real-time collaboration and syncing across devices, allowing users to streamline their work with research colleagues and stay in sync. It provides shared libraries for remote teams, lab collaborations, journal clubs, or joint manuscript writing. According to the vendor, users can securely sync their entire online library, including notes, lists, annotations, and highlights, across all desktop (Mac/PC), browser app, and mobile (iOS/Android) devices.

Dynamically annotate and cite from a single source: Papers allows users to annotate and cite directly from a single source, eliminating the need to sift through disconnected notes and references. Users can highlight, underline, strike through, make inline annotations, draw, and add sticky notes to their PDFs. The SmartCite feature provides dynamic citation capabilities, according to the vendor.

Flexible plans for academic groups of all shapes and sizes: Papers offers flexible plans for academic groups of all sizes, including teams, labs, departments, and institutions. Admins have access to a license administration dashboard for greater control and collaboration power. Academic groups can benefit from innovative reference management and citation tools available in individual licenses, according to the vendor.