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{{Infobox software
{{Infobox software
| name = Mendeley
| name = Mendeley
| logo = Mendeley Logo Vertical.png
| logo = Mendeley Logo Vertical.png
| screenshot = Mendeley-destop-screenshot.jpg
| screenshot = Mendeley-destop-screenshot.jpg
| screenshot size = 250px
| screenshot size = 250px
| caption = Automatic metadata and reference extraction (Mendeley Desktop)
| caption = Mendeley Desktop
| developer = [[Elsevier]]
| developer = [[Elsevier]]
| released = {{Start date|2008|08}}
| released = {{Start date|2008|08}}
| discontinued = No
| latest_release_version = 1.19
| latest_release_version = 1.19.5
| latest_release_date = 2018
| latest_release_date = 2019
| operating system = [[Cross-platform]]
| operating system = [[Cross-platform]]
| language = English
| language = English
| author = Paul Foeckler, Victor Henning, Jan Reichelt<ref name="else_Vict">{{Cite web |title=Victor Henning's brief guide to Mendeley |author=Elsevier |work=Elsevier Connect |date=24 July 2013 |access-date=2 July 2019 |url= https://www.elsevier.com/connect/victor-hennings-brief-guide-to-mendeley }}</ref>
| author = Paul Foeckler, Victor Henning, Jan Reichelt<ref name="else_Vict">{{Cite web |title=Victor Henning's brief guide to Mendeley |author=Elsevier |work=Elsevier Connect |date=24 July 2013 |access-date=2 July 2019 |url= https://www.elsevier.com/connect/victor-hennings-brief-guide-to-mendeley }}</ref>

| genre = [[Reference management software]], [[Social software|social software for academic research]]
| genre = [[Reference management software]], [[Social software|social software for academic research]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.mendeley.com/}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.mendeley.com/}}
}}
}}
'''Mendeley''' is a company based in London, UK, which provides products and services for academic researchers. It is most known for its [[Reference management|reference manager]] which is used to manage and share research papers<ref>{{cite web | title=Mendeley Manages Your Documents on Your Desktop and in the Cloud | author=Jason Fitzpatrick | url=http://lifehacker.com/5334254/mendeley-manages-your-documents-on-your-desktop-and-in-the-cloud | date=2009-08-17 | accessdate=2009-08-17}}</ref> and generate [[Bibliography|bibliographies]] for scholarly articles.
'''Mendeley''' is a desktop and web program produced by [[Elsevier]] for managing and sharing research papers,<ref>{{cite web | title=Mendeley Manages Your Documents on Your Desktop and in the Cloud | author=Jason Fitzpatrick | url=http://lifehacker.com/5334254/mendeley-manages-your-documents-on-your-desktop-and-in-the-cloud | date=2009-08-17 | accessdate=2009-08-17}}</ref> discovering research data and collaborating online. It combines Mendeley Desktop, a PDF and [[Reference management software|reference management application]] available for Windows, macOS and Linux. It also provides Mendeley for Android and iOS, with Mendeley Web, an online [[Social software|social]] network for researchers.<ref name=HullD2008>{{Cite journal | first1 = D.| last1 = Hull | first2 = S.| last2 = Pettifer | first3 = D.| last3 = Kell| authorlink3 = Douglas Kell| authorlink2 = Steve Pettifer| editor1-last = McEntyre| editor1-first = Johanna| title = Defrosting the digital library: bibliographic tools for the next generation web| journal = [[PLOS Computational Biology]]| volume = 4| issue = 10| pages = e1000204| date=Oct 2008 | issn = 1553-734X| pmid = 18974831| pmc = 2568856| doi = 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000204| bibcode = 2008PLSCB...4E0204H}} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal| first1 = V.| first2 = J.| title = Mendeley - A Last.fm For Research?| journal = 2008 IEEE Fourth International Conference on eScience| last2 = Reichelt| volume = 7| issue = 12| year = 2008| last1 = Henning| isbn = 978-1-4244-3380-3| doi = 10.1109/eScience.2008.128| pages = 327–328}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Science enters the age of Web 2.0 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8325875.stm | author=BBC | date=2009-10-26 | work=BBC News}}</ref>

Mendeley requires the user to store all basic citation data on its servers—storing copies of documents is at the user's discretion. Upon registration, Mendeley provides the user with 2 [[Gigabyte|GB]] of free web storage space, which is upgradeable at a cost.


==History==
==History==
Mendeley, named after the biologist [[Gregor Mendel]] and chemist [[Dmitri Mendeleyev]],<ref>Victor Henning, [http://blog.mendeley.com/start-up-life/how-our-name-evolved-from-b-movie-monster-to-mendeley/ How our name evolved from B-movie monster to Mendeley], 23 April 2008</ref> was founded in November 2007 by three German PhD students and is based in London. The first public [[beta version]] was released in August 2008. The company's investors include some people previously involved with [[Last.fm]], [[Skype]], and [[Warner Music Group]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/mendeley-shares-scientific-research-to-build-a-better-future|title=Case study – Mendeley shares scientific research to build a better future|website=www.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-12-29|date=1 August 2014}}</ref> as well as academics from [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]] and [[Johns Hopkins University]].
Mendeley was named after the biologist [[Gregor Mendel]] and chemist [[Dmitri Mendeleyev]],<ref>Victor Henning, [http://blog.mendeley.com/start-up-life/how-our-name-evolved-from-b-movie-monster-to-mendeley/ How our name evolved from B-movie monster to Mendeley], 23 April 2008</ref> and founded in London in November 2007 by three German PhD students. The first public [[beta version]] was released in August 2008. The company's investors included some people previously involved with [[Last.fm]], [[Skype]], and [[Warner Music Group]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/mendeley-shares-scientific-research-to-build-a-better-future|title=Case study – Mendeley shares scientific research to build a better future|website=www.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-12-29|date=1 August 2014}}</ref> as well as academics from [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]] and [[Johns Hopkins University]].

=== Early success ===
[[File:Plugg 2009 (3352908087).jpg|thumb|Victor Henning and Jan Reichelt receiving the Plugg "European Start-up of the Year" award, 2009]]
[[File:Plugg 2009 (3352908087).jpg|thumb|Victor Henning and Jan Reichelt receiving the Plugg "European Start-up of the Year" award, 2009]]
Mendeley won several awards in 2009: Plugg.eu "European Start-up of the Year 2009",<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners for Plugg Start-Ups Rally 2009 announced |url=http://plugg.eu/media/blog/p/detail/winners-for-plugg-start-ups-rally-2009-announced |author=Plugg.eu |date=2009-03-12 |accessdate=2009-03-25 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318234932/http://plugg.eu/media/blog/p/detail/winners-for-plugg-start-ups-rally-2009-announced |archivedate=2009-03-18 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Plugg wraps with two very capable winners | author=TechCrunch | url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/03/12/plugg-wraps-with-two-very-capable-winnners/ | date=2009-03-12 | accessdate=2009-03-25}}</ref> TechCrunch Europas "Best Social Innovation Which Benefits Society 2009",<ref>{{cite web | title=The Europas: The Winners and Finalists | url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/07/09/the-europas-the-winners-and-finalists/ | author=TechCrunch | date=2009-07-09}}</ref> and [[The Guardian]] ranked it #6 in "Top 100 tech media companies".<ref>{{cite news | title=The top 100 tech media companies | author=The Guardian | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tech-media-invest-100/top-100 | date=2009-09-07 | location=London}}</ref>
Mendeley won several awards in 2009 including Plugg.eu "European Start-up of the Year 2009",<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners for Plugg Start-Ups Rally 2009 announced |url=http://plugg.eu/media/blog/p/detail/winners-for-plugg-start-ups-rally-2009-announced |author=Plugg.eu |date=2009-03-12 |accessdate=2009-03-25 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318234932/http://plugg.eu/media/blog/p/detail/winners-for-plugg-start-ups-rally-2009-announced |archivedate=2009-03-18 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Plugg wraps with two very capable winners | author=TechCrunch | url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/03/12/plugg-wraps-with-two-very-capable-winnners/ | date=2009-03-12 | accessdate=2009-03-25}}</ref> TechCrunch Europas "Best Social Innovation Which Benefits Society 2009",<ref>{{cite web | title=The Europas: The Winners and Finalists | url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/07/09/the-europas-the-winners-and-finalists/ | author=TechCrunch | date=2009-07-09}}</ref> and [[The Guardian]] ranked it #6 in "Top 100 tech media companies".<ref>{{cite news | title=The top 100 tech media companies | author=The Guardian | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tech-media-invest-100/top-100 | date=2009-09-07 | location=London}}</ref>


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In 2012, Mendeley was one of the [[Open access repository|repositories]] for [[green Open Access]] recommended by [[Peter Suber]].<ref name="openaccessbook">{{cite book|url=http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Open_Access_(the_book)|title=Open Access|author=Suber, Peter|publisher=The MIT Press|year=2012|isbn=0-262-51763-9|series=MIT Press Essential Knowledge|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|pages=|doi=|oclc=|accessdate=}}{{OpenAccess}}</ref> The recommendation was revoked after Elsevier bought Mendeley.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/e4iZMQfoENc|title=Elsevier bought Mendeley|author=Peter Suber|date=2013-04-09}}</ref>
On September 23, 2013, Mendeley announced [[iPhone]] and [[iPad]] apps that are free to install.


===Purchase by Elsevier===
===Purchase by Elsevier===
Mendeley was purchased by the [[Elsevier]] publishing company in 2013. The deal price was speculated to be €50 million (US$65 million), following earlier speculation that it was between $69 million and $100 million.<ref>[https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/08/confirmed-elsevier-has-bought-mendeley-for-69m-100m-to-expand-open-social-education-data-efforts/ Confirmed: Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley For $69M-$100M To Expand Its Open, Social Education Data Efforts]. 8 April 2013.</ref> The sale led to debate on scientific networks and in the media interested in [[Open Access]],<ref>[http://www.mysciencework.com/en/MyScienceNews/9916/elsevier-takes-over-mendeley-and-you-what-do-you-think ''Elsevier takes over Mendeley: And you, what do you think?], [http://www.mysciencework.com/en/ ''MyScienceWork] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524065302/http://www.mysciencework.com/en/ |date=2013-05-24 }}</ref> and upset members of the scientific community<ref name="paidcontent.org">{{cite web | url=http://paidcontent.org/2013/04/09/the-empire-acquires-the-rebel-alliance-mendeley-users-revolt-against-elsevier-takeover/ | title=The Empire acquires the rebel alliance: Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover | publisher=paidContent | date=Apr 9, 2013 | accessdate=13 March 2014}}</ref> who felt that the program's acquisition by publishing giant Elsevier, known for implementing restrictive publishing practices, the high prices of their journals<ref name="sciencemag">{{cite web | url=http://news.sciencemag.org/2012/02/thousands-scientists-vow-boycott-elsevier-protest-journal-prices | title=Thousands of Scientists Vow to Boycott Elsevier to Protest Journal Prices | publisher=ScienceInsider | date=Feb 1, 2012 | accessdate=13 March 2014}}</ref> (see [[The Cost of Knowledge]]), and publicly supporting the [[SOPA]] bill, was antithetical to the open sharing model of Mendeley.<ref name=NewYorker>[http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/04/elsevier-mendeley-journals-science-software.html "When the Rebel Alliance Sells Out"], David Dobbs, ''[[The New Yorker]]'', April 12, 2013</ref>
Mendeley was purchased by the academic publisher [[Elsevier]] in early 2013. The deal price was speculated to be €50 million (US$65 million).<ref>[https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/08/confirmed-elsevier-has-bought-mendeley-for-69m-100m-to-expand-open-social-education-data-efforts/ Confirmed: Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley For $69M-$100M To Expand Its Open, Social Education Data Efforts]. 8 April 2013.</ref> The sale led to debate on scientific networks and in the media interested in [[Open Access]],<ref>[http://www.mysciencework.com/en/MyScienceNews/9916/elsevier-takes-over-mendeley-and-you-what-do-you-think ''Elsevier takes over Mendeley: And you, what do you think?], [http://www.mysciencework.com/en/ ''MyScienceWork] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524065302/http://www.mysciencework.com/en/ |date=2013-05-24 }}</ref> and upset members of the scientific community<ref name="paidcontent.org">{{cite web | url=http://paidcontent.org/2013/04/09/the-empire-acquires-the-rebel-alliance-mendeley-users-revolt-against-elsevier-takeover/ | title=The Empire acquires the rebel alliance: Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover | publisher=paidContent | date=Apr 9, 2013 | accessdate=13 March 2014}}</ref> who felt that the Mendeley's acquisition by Elsevier was antithetical to Mendeley's open sharing model.<ref name=NewYorker>[http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/04/elsevier-mendeley-journals-science-software.html "When the Rebel Alliance Sells Out"], David Dobbs, ''[[The New Yorker]]'', April 12, 2013</ref>

David Dobbs, in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', suggested Elsevier's reasons for buying Mendeley could have been to acquire its user data and/or to "destroy or coopt an open-science icon that threatens its business model."<ref name="NewYorker"/>
David Dobbs, in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', suggested Elsevier's reasons for buying Mendeley could have been to acquire its user data and/or to "destroy or coopt an open-science icon that threatens its business model." <ref name="NewYorker" />

=== Extensions to product line ===
After acquisition, Mendeley subsequently extended its product line into new areas while continuing to iterate on its reference manager.

On September 23, 2013, Mendeley announced [[iPhone]] and [[iPad]] apps. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.mendeley.com/2013/09/23/the-new-mendeley-for-ipad-and-iphone/|title=The New Mendeley for iPad and iPhone|last=stevedennis|date=2013-09-23|website=Mendeley Blog|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> An [[Android (operating system)|Android]] app followed shortly after.

On January 12, 2015, Mendeley announced the acquisition of Newsflo, a service which provided links to press coverage of researchers' work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.mendeley.com/2015/01/12/newsflo-brings-new-impact-metrics-to-mendeley/|title=Newsflo brings new impact metrics to Mendeley|last=Bonasio|first=Alice|date=2015-01-12|website=Mendeley Blog|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/corporate/elsevier-acquires-media-monitoring-company-newsflo|title=Elsevier Acquires Media Monitoring Company Newsflo|website=www.elsevier.com|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> The functionality was subsequently incorporated into Mendeley Feed and Mendeley Profile.

In April 2016, Mendeley Data, a platform for sharing citable research datasets online, was promoted out of beta.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.mendeley.com/2016/04/28/mendeley-data-is-out-of-beta/|title=Mendeley Data is out of beta|last=Josh|date=2016-04-28|website=Mendeley Blog|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>

In October 2016, Mendeley Careers was launched to help researchers to locate job opportunities. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.mendeley.com/2016/09/30/search-thousands-of-science-and-technology-jobs-at-mendeley-careers-launching-in-october/|title=Search thousands of science and technology jobs at Mendeley Careers – launching in October|last=Desai|first=Shruti|date=2016-09-30|website=Mendeley Blog|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> As of August 2019, Mendeley Careers offered 295k science and technology job opportunities.

On May 24, 2019, Mendeley announced two new products: Mendeley Reference Manager and Mendeley Cite.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.mendeley.com/2019/05/24/supporting-researchers-with-the-new-mendeley-reference-manager/|title=Supporting researchers with the new Mendeley Reference Manager|last=sallyransom|date=2019-05-24|website=Mendeley Blog|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>

== Products ==
Mendeley is [[freemium]] software

* Mendeley Desktop, the original reference manager based on the [[Qt (framework)|Qt framework]] that runs on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], Mac and [[Linux]]
* Mendeley Reference Manager (Beta), a replacement reference manager built with [[Electron (software framework)|Electron]] that also runs on Windows, Mac, Linux and all major web browsers
* Mendeley Web Importer, a [[browser extension]] that imports metadata and retrieves legal full text scholarly articles discovered on the Web
* Mendeley Cite, an add-in for [[Microsoft Word]] for citing references and generating bibliographies
* Mendeley mobile apps for reading articles on the go, available for [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
* Mendeley Profile, a public showcase for research outputs and receiving citation and usage statistics on one's personal research output
* Mendeley Catalog, a crowd-sourced index of scholarly articles with over 90 million unique records
* Mendeley Feed, a timeline of new publications from the Mendeley profiles of followed researchers and their mentions in the media
* Mendeley Suggest, email recommendations of new articles to read based on use within Mendeley
* Mendeley Data, a free [[Research data archiving|research data management]] solution
* Mendeley Careers, a job listings and CV hosting site for researchers
* Mendeley Funding, a search portal for research funding opportunities
* Mendeley Institutional Edition, enabling institutional administrators to gain analytical insights into their researchers' use of journals while upgrading reference manager storage and group collaborator limits <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/117992/Mendeley-Manual-for-Librarians_2017.pdf|title=Mendeley Manual for Librarians|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>
* Mendeley Developer Portal, which offers open [[APIs]] for interacting with the reference manager programmatically


==Notable features==
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In 2012, Mendeley was one of the [[Open access repository|repositories]] for [[green Open Access]] recommended by [[Peter Suber]].<ref name="openaccessbook">{{cite book |author=Suber, Peter |title=Open Access |series=MIT Press Essential Knowledge |url=http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Open_Access_(the_book) |publisher=The MIT Press |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |year=2012 |pages= |isbn=0-262-51763-9 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}{{OpenAccess}}</ref> The recommendation was revoked in 2013 after Elsevier bought Mendeley.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elsevier bought Mendeley |url=https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/e4iZMQfoENc |author=Peter Suber|date=2013-04-09}}</ref>


*Mendeley reader counts, a unique readership statistic which has been asserted to predict citation impact <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Thelwall|first=Mike|date=2018-06-01|title=Early Mendeley readers correlate with later citation counts|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2715-9|journal=Scientometrics|language=en|volume=115|issue=3|pages=1231–1240|doi=10.1007/s11192-018-2715-9|issn=1588-2861}}</ref>
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In 2018, an update to Mendeley resulted in some users losing PDFs and annotations stored in their accounts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/thousands-researchers-hit-mendeley-update-glitch|title=Thousands of researchers hit by Mendeley update glitch|date=2018-06-15|work=Times Higher Education (THE)|access-date=2018-07-04|language=en}}</ref> After a number of weeks, Elsevier announced a potential fix for this problem.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blog.mendeley.com/2018/06/27/update-on-the-missing-pdf-issue/|title=Update on the missing PDF issue|date=2018-06-27|work=Mendeley Blog|access-date=2018-07-04|language=en-US}}</ref>
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*Automatic extraction of metadata from PDF articles
*Claim authored publications by linking the user's Mendeley Profile to [[Scopus]] Author Profile
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* Citations and bibliographies in [[Microsoft Word]], [[OpenOffice.org]], and [[LibreOffice]]
*Private groups to share and annotate research papers within copyright-compliant responsible sharing guidelines


==Features==
== Incidents ==
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In 2018, an update to Mendeley resulted in some users losing PDFs and annotations stored in their accounts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/thousands-researchers-hit-mendeley-update-glitch|title=Thousands of researchers hit by Mendeley update glitch|date=2018-06-15|work=Times Higher Education (THE)|access-date=2018-07-04|language=en}}</ref> Elsevier fixed the issue for most users after a number of weeks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blog.mendeley.com/2018/06/27/update-on-the-missing-pdf-issue/|title=Update on the missing PDF issue|date=2018-06-27|work=Mendeley Blog|access-date=2018-07-04|language=en-US}}</ref>
Mendeley is available either as a premium payable version or a basic version that is free but requires registration.
* Mendeley Desktop, based on [[Qt (framework)|Qt]], runs on Windows, Mac (macOS Sierra and High Sierra not officially supported<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/18155/supporthub/mendeley/|title=Is Mendeley Desktop supported in Mac OS 10.12 (Sierra)? - Mendeley Support|last=Elsevier|website=service.elsevier.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-10-10}}</ref>) and Linux.
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* Automatic extraction of metadata from PDF papers.
* Back-up and synchronization across multiple computers and with a private online account.
* PDF viewer with sticky notes, text highlighting and full-screen reading.
* Full-text search across papers.
* Smart filtering, [[Tag (metadata)|tagging]] and automatic PDF file renaming.
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* Citations and bibliographies in [[Microsoft Word]], [[OpenOffice.org]], and [[LibreOffice]].
* Import of documents and research papers from external websites (e.g., [[PubMed]], [[Google Scholar]], [[Arxiv]]) via browser bookmarklet.
* BibTeX export/file sync.
* Private groups to collaboratively tag and annotate research papers.
* Public groups to share reading lists.
* [[Social networking]] features (newsfeeds, comments, profile pages, etc.).
* Usage-based readership statistics about papers, authors and publications.
* iPhone app.
* iPad app.
* Android app.


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[Metadata discovery]]
* [[Metadata discovery]]
* [[Citation Style Language]]
* [[Citation Style Language]]
* [[COinS]]


==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==

Revision as of 13:19, 29 August 2019

Mendeley
Original author(s)Paul Foeckler, Victor Henning, Jan Reichelt[1]
Developer(s)Elsevier
Initial releaseAugust 2008 (2008-08)
Stable release
1.19.5 / 2019
Operating systemCross-platform
Available inEnglish
TypeReference management software, social software for academic research
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.mendeley.com

Mendeley is a company based in London, UK, which provides products and services for academic researchers. It is most known for its reference manager which is used to manage and share research papers[2] and generate bibliographies for scholarly articles.

History

Mendeley was named after the biologist Gregor Mendel and chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev,[3] and founded in London in November 2007 by three German PhD students. The first public beta version was released in August 2008. The company's investors included some people previously involved with Last.fm, Skype, and Warner Music Group,[4] as well as academics from Cambridge and Johns Hopkins University.

Early success

Victor Henning and Jan Reichelt receiving the Plugg "European Start-up of the Year" award, 2009

Mendeley won several awards in 2009 including Plugg.eu "European Start-up of the Year 2009",[5][6] TechCrunch Europas "Best Social Innovation Which Benefits Society 2009",[7] and The Guardian ranked it #6 in "Top 100 tech media companies".[8]

In 2012, Mendeley was one of the repositories for green Open Access recommended by Peter Suber.[9] The recommendation was revoked after Elsevier bought Mendeley.[10]

Purchase by Elsevier

Mendeley was purchased by the academic publisher Elsevier in early 2013. The deal price was speculated to be €50 million (US$65 million).[11] The sale led to debate on scientific networks and in the media interested in Open Access,[12] and upset members of the scientific community[13] who felt that the Mendeley's acquisition by Elsevier was antithetical to Mendeley's open sharing model.[14]

David Dobbs, in The New Yorker, suggested Elsevier's reasons for buying Mendeley could have been to acquire its user data and/or to "destroy or coopt an open-science icon that threatens its business model." [14]

Extensions to product line

After acquisition, Mendeley subsequently extended its product line into new areas while continuing to iterate on its reference manager.

On September 23, 2013, Mendeley announced iPhone and iPad apps. [15] An Android app followed shortly after.

On January 12, 2015, Mendeley announced the acquisition of Newsflo, a service which provided links to press coverage of researchers' work.[16][17] The functionality was subsequently incorporated into Mendeley Feed and Mendeley Profile.

In April 2016, Mendeley Data, a platform for sharing citable research datasets online, was promoted out of beta.[18]

In October 2016, Mendeley Careers was launched to help researchers to locate job opportunities. [19] As of August 2019, Mendeley Careers offered 295k science and technology job opportunities.

On May 24, 2019, Mendeley announced two new products: Mendeley Reference Manager and Mendeley Cite.[20]

Products

Mendeley is freemium software

  • Mendeley Desktop, the original reference manager based on the Qt framework that runs on Windows, Mac and Linux
  • Mendeley Reference Manager (Beta), a replacement reference manager built with Electron that also runs on Windows, Mac, Linux and all major web browsers
  • Mendeley Web Importer, a browser extension that imports metadata and retrieves legal full text scholarly articles discovered on the Web
  • Mendeley Cite, an add-in for Microsoft Word for citing references and generating bibliographies
  • Mendeley mobile apps for reading articles on the go, available for iOS and Android
  • Mendeley Profile, a public showcase for research outputs and receiving citation and usage statistics on one's personal research output
  • Mendeley Catalog, a crowd-sourced index of scholarly articles with over 90 million unique records
  • Mendeley Feed, a timeline of new publications from the Mendeley profiles of followed researchers and their mentions in the media
  • Mendeley Suggest, email recommendations of new articles to read based on use within Mendeley
  • Mendeley Data, a free research data management solution
  • Mendeley Careers, a job listings and CV hosting site for researchers
  • Mendeley Funding, a search portal for research funding opportunities
  • Mendeley Institutional Edition, enabling institutional administrators to gain analytical insights into their researchers' use of journals while upgrading reference manager storage and group collaborator limits [21]
  • Mendeley Developer Portal, which offers open APIs for interacting with the reference manager programmatically

Notable features

  • Mendeley reader counts, a unique readership statistic which has been asserted to predict citation impact [22]
  • Automatic extraction of metadata from PDF articles
  • Claim authored publications by linking the user's Mendeley Profile to Scopus Author Profile
  • Citations and bibliographies in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice.org, and LibreOffice
  • Private groups to share and annotate research papers within copyright-compliant responsible sharing guidelines

Incidents

In 2018, an update to Mendeley resulted in some users losing PDFs and annotations stored in their accounts.[23] Elsevier fixed the issue for most users after a number of weeks.[24]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Elsevier (24 July 2013). "Victor Henning's brief guide to Mendeley". Elsevier Connect. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  2. ^ Jason Fitzpatrick (2009-08-17). "Mendeley Manages Your Documents on Your Desktop and in the Cloud". Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  3. ^ Victor Henning, How our name evolved from B-movie monster to Mendeley, 23 April 2008
  4. ^ "Case study – Mendeley shares scientific research to build a better future". www.gov.uk. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  5. ^ Plugg.eu (2009-03-12). "Winners for Plugg Start-Ups Rally 2009 announced". Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2009-03-25. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ TechCrunch (2009-03-12). "Plugg wraps with two very capable winners". Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  7. ^ TechCrunch (2009-07-09). "The Europas: The Winners and Finalists".
  8. ^ The Guardian (2009-09-07). "The top 100 tech media companies". London.
  9. ^ Suber, Peter (2012). Open Access. MIT Press Essential Knowledge. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-51763-9.Open access icon
  10. ^ Peter Suber (2013-04-09). "Elsevier bought Mendeley".
  11. ^ Confirmed: Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley For $69M-$100M To Expand Its Open, Social Education Data Efforts. 8 April 2013.
  12. ^ Elsevier takes over Mendeley: And you, what do you think?, MyScienceWork Archived 2013-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "The Empire acquires the rebel alliance: Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover". paidContent. Apr 9, 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  14. ^ a b "When the Rebel Alliance Sells Out", David Dobbs, The New Yorker, April 12, 2013
  15. ^ stevedennis (2013-09-23). "The New Mendeley for iPad and iPhone". Mendeley Blog. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  16. ^ Bonasio, Alice (2015-01-12). "Newsflo brings new impact metrics to Mendeley". Mendeley Blog. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  17. ^ "Elsevier Acquires Media Monitoring Company Newsflo". www.elsevier.com. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  18. ^ Josh (2016-04-28). "Mendeley Data is out of beta". Mendeley Blog. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  19. ^ Desai, Shruti (2016-09-30). "Search thousands of science and technology jobs at Mendeley Careers – launching in October". Mendeley Blog. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  20. ^ sallyransom (2019-05-24). "Supporting researchers with the new Mendeley Reference Manager". Mendeley Blog. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  21. ^ "Mendeley Manual for Librarians" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-08-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  22. ^ Thelwall, Mike (2018-06-01). "Early Mendeley readers correlate with later citation counts". Scientometrics. 115 (3): 1231–1240. doi:10.1007/s11192-018-2715-9. ISSN 1588-2861.
  23. ^ "Thousands of researchers hit by Mendeley update glitch". Times Higher Education (THE). 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  24. ^ "Update on the missing PDF issue". Mendeley Blog. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-07-04.

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