Paperpile vs Zotero
February 23, 2026 | Author: Laura Candler
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Simple and convenient web app for managing bibliographic references, integrated with Google Apps (allows you to log in with your Google account, sync PDFs with Google Drive, cite articles in Google Docs, collect references using a Chrome extension). Paperpile lets you organize your articles with folders, tags, and stars, search the library in real time or quickly find articles online. It automatically corrects incomplete references and removes duplicates. You can import data directly from Google Scholar, PubMed, ArXiv and thousands of supported publisher websites. Apps for iOS and Android are available, as well as a Word plugin.
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Free, open-source software for managing bibliographic data and research-related materials. Zotero helps to collect, organize, annotate, cite and share research results. The built-in assistant automatically identifies research as you browse the web and creates citations and bibliographies for any text editor, as well as directly in Word, LibreOffice, and Google Docs. You can sort items into collections and tag them with keywords. You can also create saved searches that automatically populate with relevant materials as you work. The program runs on Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS.
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2018. Zotero allows to create citations on Google Docs
Free Reference Management program Zotero implemented integration with Google Docs (in addition to Microsoft Word and LibreOffice). This integration allows users to search for items in their Zotero library, add page numbers and other details and insert citations into their Google Docs. A formatted bibliography can be inserted with a single click based on the citations in the document. The software supports complex style requirements and name disambiguation and updates citations and bibliographies automatically as changes are made to library items. Additionally, the software can reformat the entire document in any of the over 9,000 citation styles that Zotero supports. The Google Docs support is part of the Zotero Connector for Chrome and Firefox, which adds a new Zotero menu to the Google Docs interface.
