EndNote
Organize your research, create bibliographies, and write with ease.
Executive Summary
EndNote is a comprehensive reference management software designed for researchers, academics, and students. It enables users to efficiently collect, organize, and store research materials, including references and full-text PDFs. The platform streamlines the writing process by facilitating in-text citations and automatic bibliography generation in thousands of styles, enhancing research productivity and academic integrity.
Use Cases
- Managing and organizing research references for academic papers, theses, and dissertations.
- Streamlining the citation and bibliography generation process in scientific writing.
- Collaborating on research projects by sharing and co-managing reference libraries with colleagues.
- Building a personal or institutional database of scholarly literature and associated full-text PDFs.
- Ensuring compliance with specific journal or publisher citation style guidelines.
Features
Visibility
- Library Status and Summary: Provides an overview and statistics of the user's reference library, including total references and group organization.
- Advanced Search and Filtering: Enables users to search across all fields within their reference library and apply filters for efficient retrieval of specific research materials.
- PDF Viewer with Annotation Tools: Allows users to view, highlight, and annotate attached full-text PDFs directly within the EndNote application.
Intelligence
- Cite While You Write (CWYW): Integrates with Microsoft Word and Google Docs to seamlessly insert in-text citations and automatically generate bibliographies as users write.
- Smart Groups: Automatically organizes references into dynamic groups based on user-defined criteria, such as author, keywords, or publication year.
- Duplicate Detection and Removal: Identifies and assists users in removing duplicate references within their library to maintain data accuracy and integrity.
- Reference Style Customization: Offers thousands of pre-installed citation styles and the ability to create or customize new styles to meet specific journal or institutional requirements.
Support
- 24/7 Multi-channel Support: Access to expert assistance via chat, email, and phone around the clock.
- Comprehensive Support Hub and Lib Guides: Extensive online resources including troubleshooting guides, FAQs, tutorial videos, and a live training calendar for self-service support.
- Library Sharing and Collaboration: Ability to share entire EndNote libraries with up to 1,000 colleagues, allowing for collaborative research and writing with full write access and activity tracking.
Technical Specifications
- Architecture
- Desktop application with cloud synchronization
- Deployment
- Hybrid
- Authentication
- EndNote online account (email and password). Institutional access may leverage existing university authentication systems.
- API Available
- Yes
- MCP Server
- No
Infrastructure
- AWS
Integrations
- Microsoft Word
- Google Docs
- Web of Science
- PDF Citation
- Retraction Alerts
Security & Compliance
Certifications: ISO 27001
Encryption: AES-256 at rest (for cloud data), TLS 1.2/1.3 in transit. EndNote Click stores credentials securely encrypted locally.
Pricing
- Model
- Perpetual license (individual) or tiered subscription (institutional/multi-user)
- Starting Price
- Individual Full License: $249.95; Student License: $115.95; Upgrade License: $99.95. Institutional pricing: Contact sales.
- Target Customer
- Individual Researchers, Students, Academic Institutions, Research Teams
- Contract Type
- One-time purchase (perpetual license) or annual subscription (institutional/multi-user)
- Free Trial
- Yes, 30 days (credit card required)
About Clarivate Plc
Clarivate Plc is a British-American publicly traded analytics company that provides subscription-based services in bibliometrics, scientometrics, business and market intelligence, competitive profiling for pharmacy and biotech, patents, regulatory compliance, trademark protection, and domain and brand protection. It offers enriched data, insights, analytics, workflow solutions, and expert services across academia and government, life sciences and healthcare, and intellectual property.