#1 most frequent
United States of America
47.9%137 installations of 286
What is Mendeley?
Mendeley, 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.
Categories & Use Cases
Who Buys & Uses Mendeley
#2 most frequent
Canada
12.9%37 installations of 286
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
6.3%18 installations of 286
Time to switch gears
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We used to use Mendeley to handle our literature review and share notes
Pros
- Search in pdf (former version, not current)
Cons
- Search in pdf (does not exist in current version)
- Don't lock your annotations within their proprietary format
- Offline use (does not exist in current version)
- Support and answer to users
Return on Investment
- We're now loosing time switching all our notes from Mendeley to alternative reference time
Alternatives Considered
Zotero
Other Software Used
Zotero
Decreased functionality since becoming web-based
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I and my coworkers have used Mendeley to manage scientific research paper references and citations. It allows generation of properly formatted citations with a Word plugin which saves much time.
Pros
- It is free
- It has available citation styles for every journal
- It allows reading of papers along with citing them
Cons
- 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
Most Important Features
- Reference management
- Paper annotation
- Citation formatting
Return on Investment
- Saves time when submitting papers to different journals
- Organizing references from different topics/projects
- Annotating papers
Best for sharing and citing your references.
Pros
- Organizing references
- Sharing references
- Annotating documents
Cons
- Summary capabilities for non research personnel
- Getting documents from watch folders automatically
Most Important Features
- Sharing research
- Annotating documents
Return on Investment
- 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!
Alternatives Considered
ReadCube Papers
Other Software Used
ReadCube Papers, Sublime Text, Bitbucket, LastPass for Business
Mendeley Keeps You Organized and Does the Work for You!
Pros
- Easily works with Word
- Importing different reference formats
- Organization
- Finding relevant references
Cons
- Some bugs noted with Word, especially when tables are included, had to uninstall add-in from Word for the tables to work correctly.
- Finding books for research and being able to place the titles as references. We can import them from other sources, however, working, for instance, in conjunction with Google, would help to gather citations from other relevant work other than journal articles.
Return on Investment
- Mendely has a free and paid version. Thus, you can start with the free version first, making it an ideal choice.
- Saves time and money by easily formatting APA style or any other style without hiring a consultant
- Gives links to the full article, thus further saving time in research.
Other Software Used
Microsoft 365 Business, ABBYY FineReader, 1Password
Mendeley = Mostly Okay
Pros
- 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
Cons
- Syncing errors when using multiple devices occur infrequently (but still too often), leading to lost work and retrieved articles
- Mendeley's servers sometimes are down, which prevents group work from being conducted on multiple machines through group folders
Return on Investment
- N/A
Alternatives Considered
Zotero
Other Software Used
Zotero