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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mendeley

    Score2.7 out of 10
    N/AMendeley, an Elsevier company headquartered in London, offers their eponymous reference management software suite, including Mendeley Reference Manager, Web Importer, the Citation Plugin add-on, available in Premium package.N/A

    ReadCube Papers

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ADigital Science company ReadCube now offers Papers, a reference management application.

    $36

    per user

    Pricing
    MendeleyReadCube Papers
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    Student
    $36.00
    per user
    Academic (Indivdual)
    $60.00
    per user
    Corporate
    $120.00
    per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MendeleyReadCube Papers
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    MendeleyReadCube Papers
    Considered Both Products
    Mendeley
    Chose Mendeley
    Mendeley is best for citations, has all the reference formats you need, with integrations with Microsoft Word and LaTex, flawlessly shares documents with your team, its graphical user interface is not fancy. Still, it gets the job done and all of this for a few dollars a month.
    Incentivized
    Digital Science
    Chose ReadCube Papers
    The graphic user interface is beautiful; adding literature to a project is a seamless process, annotations while collaborating are intuitive and sometimes even fun. Competitors might be cheaper but do not consolidate all the tools that ReadCube has been able to achieve.
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    MendeleyReadCube Papers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.1
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
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    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
    MendeleyReadCube Papers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Mendeley
    Mendeley Desktop used to be a decent software, and comparatively one of the best among Reference Managers. The new online version is beyond expectations
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    Digital Science
    ReadCube Papers has become an indispensable tool for my research. It offers a solution that keeps my library of research articles organized, and has improved the numbers of papers I am reading and annotating. The user-friendly interface simplifies the process of categorizing papers, highlighting essential text, and adding personal notes directly to the documents. The library is available online and through their own in-house application, which has worked perfectly (and much better than other solutions I have tried to use previously). In short, ReadCube Papers has truly improved the way I manage my research materials, making my academic life much more efficient and enjoyable.
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    Pros
    Mendeley
    • Easy to use interface
    • The use of font size and style makes information easily discoverable within the article previews
    • Drag-and-drop functions make article indexing particularly simple
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    Digital Science
    • Easy including references to projects
    • Easily share literature with clients and teammates
    • Cross-reference on Microsoft Word
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    Cons
    Mendeley
    • In my opinion, terrible web-based function in the new version
    • Very difficult to annotate and search in PDF's
    • New version removed many previous functions
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    Digital Science
    • Extract content of single document as annotations for project
    • See documents as a part of a project, not just a list of names
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    Support Rating
    Mendeley
    There are a lot of references that do a good job troubleshooting, although I am not sure there is a direct number to an actual person.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Mendeley
    Microsoft EndNote. Mendeley has better user interface and is able to store, sort and organize a large number of articles effectively. Also can import and extract information from citations from articles online without the entire full text pdf availability. Can be used and accessed from portable devices such as iPads and mobile phones as well.
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    Digital Science
    The graphic user interface is beautiful; adding literature to a project is a seamless process, annotations while collaborating are intuitive and sometimes even fun. Competitors might be cheaper but do not consolidate all the tools that ReadCube has been able to achieve.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Mendeley
    • It is great that for instance, you download the paper you need once, and share it with your entire team.
    • You can present your annotation with the team!
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    Digital Science
    • It has saved us while sharing documents with colleagues and clients.
    • It helped us improve our writing process metrics, time and outcome.
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    Screenshot of Automatic meta-data matching, organizational collections, personal and shared spaces, and article previewsScreenshot of Automatic matching of available supplements when you import the main paper into PapersScreenshot of Share your collections with your collaboratorsScreenshot of Left panel within the reader offers a breadth of information including figure browsers, reference list, notes panel, supplements, metrics, citation export and related articlesScreenshot of Our enhanced reader comes with hyperlinked inline references and an array of annotation tools including inline notes, post-its, highlighting and draw featuresScreenshot of Left panel within the reader offers a breadth of information including figure browsers, reference list, notes panel, supplements, metrics, citation export and related articles