Paperpile
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| Developer(s) | Paperpile, LLC |
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| Written in | HTML5, JavaScript, CSS |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | Google Chrome |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Google Chrome Extensions, Reference management, Productivity |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Paperpile website |
Paperpile is a web-based commercial reference management software that is integrated with Google productivity software such as Google Docs and Google Scholar.[1][2][3][4] It was founded in 2012, and is now produced by Paperpile LLC.[5]
Paperpile imports data from many academic publisher's websites as well as from databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, Google Books, and arXiv. For academic articles Paperpile automatically retrieves the full text PDF and syncs the PDF file to the user's Google Drive account. Paperpile allows users to organize their collected references in folders and subfolders, assign labels, add notes and attachments, and edit metadata associated with the references. Paperpile formats citations and bibliographies automatically in Google Docs enabling users to collaboratively write academic papers.
Functionality and features
Collecting papers
- Imports from PubMed, JSTOR, CrossRef, arXiv, INSPIRE-HEP, Google Scholar, Google Books, Google Patents, Google search, and hundreds of book and journal publisher sites and web resources.
- PDF file import with automatic meta-data recognition.
- Automatic PDF download from hundreds of supported publisher sites.
- Direct import of PDFs and any other files via the Chrome extension.
Organizing and managing of papers
- Streamlined interface with keyboard shortcuts.
- Organizing references with coloured labels, hierarchical folders and "stars".
- Adding personal notes to papers.
- Real-time search for title, authors, journal name, year, abstract and notes.
- Reference types for common sources.
- Automatic meta-data completion for incomplete references.
- Automatic journal name correction for more than 37,000 journals.
- Duplicate detection and automatic de-duplication.
- Automatic sync of all files to Google Drive.
- Shared folders for collaboration with other Paperpile users.
- One-click sharing of reference lists and files through private sharing-links.
- Sharing via e-mail and import of Gmail contacts.
Citing papers
- Citation insert in Google Docs including footnote citations.[6]
- Reference formatting in more than 7,000 Citation Style Language styles.
- Use of custom Citation Style Language styles.[6]
- Direct database search, import and citation of references in one step from within Google Docs.
- PubMed identifier and DOI lookup in Google Docs.
Compatibility
- Export in BibTeX and RIS formats.
- Additionally Paperpile offers export of the complete meta-data and bibliographic records of the user's library in JSON format.
- Import from BibTeX and RIS and directly migrate data from Mendeley, Zotero and Papers.
Technology
Paperpile is a web application combined with a browser extension for Google Chrome making it accessible to users on Windows, Linux, Mac OS, as well as Chrome OS platforms. It is built using HTML5 and Javascript as well as several Javascript libraries such as jQuery and Ext JS. Paperpile is available for install at the Google Chrome web store. Version updates of Paperpile are managed automatically by Google Chrome.
External links
- Official website: paperpile.com
- Overview of features: paperpile.com/features
- Paperpile promotion video
See also
References
- ^ Lancet, Yaara (4 March 2014). "Paperpile review: An excellent reference manager you'll want to pay for". PCWorld. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
- ^ "Paperpile Features". Paperpile. Paperpile LLC. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
- ^ King, Jaki (1 January 2014). "Tech Bits ..." College & Research Libraries News. 75 (1): 9. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ Crouzier, Thomas. "Researchers in the cloud". Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 39 (8): 344–346. doi:10.1016/j.tibs.2014.06.004.
- ^ "Paperpile About". Paperpile. Paperpile LLC. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
- ^ a b Washietl, Stefan. "Improved Google Docs citations with Paperpile". Paperpile. Paperpile LLC. Retrieved 2014-07-20.