Mendeley

Mendeley
	Automatic metadata and reference extraction (Mendeley Desktop)
Developer(s)	Mendeley Ltd.
Initial release	August 2008
Stable release	1.3.0 / December 07, 2011; 12 years ago
Operating system	Cross-platform
Available in	English
Type	Reference management software, Social software for academic research
License	Proprietary
Website	Mendeley

Mendeley is a desktop and web program for managing and sharing research papers,^[1] discovering research data and collaborating online. It combines Mendeley Desktop, a PDF and reference management application (available for Windows, Mac and Linux) with Mendeley Web, an online social network for researchers.^[2]^[3]^[4] 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 1 GB of free web storage space, which is upgradeable at a cost.

History

Mendeley was founded in November 2007 and is based in London. The first public beta version was released in August 2008. The team comprises researchers, graduates, and open source developers from a variety of academic institutions, although the software itself is not open source. The company’s investors include the former executive chairman of Last.fm, the former founding engineers of Skype, and the former Head of Digital Strategy at Warner Music Group, as well as academics from Cambridge and Johns Hopkins University.

Mendeley has won several awards: 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]

Features

Mendeley is available as a basic free version, and also in premium payable versions.

Mendeley Desktop, based on Qt, runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
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, tagging and automatic PDF file renaming.
Citations and bibliographies in Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.
Import of documents and research papers from external websites (e.g. PubMed, Google Scholar, Arxiv, etc.) 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

Developmental time line

May, 2012: 1.5
December, 2011: 1.3
July, 2011: 1.0
April, 2011: 0.9.9 beta
October, 2010: 0.9.8 beta
February, 2010: 0.9.6 beta
July, 2009: 0.9.0 beta
December, 2008: 0.6.0 beta
August 13, 2008: Launch with support of Last.fm Chairman Stefan Glänzer and former Skype engineers (KDE developers)

References

^ Jason Fitzpatrick (2009-08-17). "Mendeley Manages Your Documents on Your Desktop and in the Cloud". Retrieved 2009-08-17.
^ Attention: This template ({{cite doi}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000204, please use {{cite journal}} (if it was published in a bona fide academic journal, otherwise {{cite report}} with |doi=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000204 instead.
^ Attention: This template ({{cite doi}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by doi:10.1109/eScience.2008.128, please use {{cite journal}} (if it was published in a bona fide academic journal, otherwise {{cite report}} with |doi=10.1109/eScience.2008.128 instead.
^ BBC (2009-10-26). "Science enters the age of Web 2.0". BBC News.
^ Plugg.eu (2009-03-12). "Winners for Plugg Start-Ups Rally 2009 announced". Retrieved 2009-03-25.
^ TechCrunch (2009-03-12). "Plugg wraps with two very capable winnners". Retrieved 2009-03-25.
^ TechCrunch (2009-07-09). "The Europas: The Winners and Finalists".
^ The Guardian (2009-09-07). "The top 100 tech media companies". London.

Competitors

External links

Mendeley official website
Mendeley import bookmarklet tool
Interview with Mendeley co-founder Victor Henning, Intruders.tv Video
Interview with Mendeley co-founders Victor Henning and Jan Reichelt, Intruders.tv Video
bEcon - Economics literature about the impacts of genetically engineered (GE) crops in developing economies created the bEcon group with Mendeley.

[1] Jason Fitzpatrick (2009-08-17). "Mendeley Manages Your Documents on Your Desktop and in the Cloud". Retrieved 2009-08-17.

[HullD2008-2] Attention: This template ({{cite doi}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000204, please use {{cite journal}} (if it was published in a bona fide academic journal, otherwise {{cite report}} with |doi=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000204 instead.

[3] Attention: This template ({{cite doi}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by doi:10.1109/eScience.2008.128, please use {{cite journal}} (if it was published in a bona fide academic journal, otherwise {{cite report}} with |doi=10.1109/eScience.2008.128 instead.

[4] BBC (2009-10-26). "Science enters the age of Web 2.0". BBC News.

[5] Plugg.eu (2009-03-12). "Winners for Plugg Start-Ups Rally 2009 announced". Retrieved 2009-03-25.

[6] TechCrunch (2009-03-12). "Plugg wraps with two very capable winnners". 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.

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v t e Reference management software
Open source	BibDesk BibSonomy JabRef KBibTeX Pybliographer refer Referencer Wikindx Zotero
Retail	Biblioscape Bookends Citavi EndNote Mendeley Paperpile Papers ProCite (discontinued) Qiqqa Reference Manager (discontinued)
Web-based	BibSonomy KnightCite Mendeley Paperpile Qiqqa refbase RefWorks Wikindx WizFolio (discontinued) Zotero
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