Audience
Students and anyone seeking a software solution to organize documents or references and generate BibTeX bibliography files
About Referencer
Referencer is a GNOME application to organize documents or references, and ultimately generate a BibTeX bibliography file. It is designed with the scientist/researcher in mind, and "document" may be taken to mean "paper" in general, although Referencer can deal with any kind of document that BibTeX can. Chief among Referencer's capabilities is the automatic acquisition of bibliographic information (metadata) for some kinds of documents. Upon adding a PDF file to a Referencer library file, it will automatically be searched for key identifiers such as a DOI code or arXiv identifier. If either of these is found, Referencer will attempt to retrieve the metadata for the document via the internet. However, metadata fetching for newer additions to arXiv is broken because of the change of format. Import from BibTeX, Reference Manager and EndNote. Referencer will automatically retrieve arXiv, PubMed and CrossRef metadata for PDF documents which have arXiv ID or DOI code.
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Company Information
Launchpad
Founded: 2004
United Kingdom
launchpad.net/referencer/
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Product Details
Platforms Supported
Cloud
Linux
Training
Documentation
Support
Online
Referencer Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does Referencer work with?
Referencer works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does Referencer support in their product?
Referencer supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does Referencer offer?
Referencer offers support via online.
Q: What type of training does Referencer provide?
Referencer provides training in the form of documentation.
