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Original author(s) | Niles Software |
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Developer(s) | Clarivate |
Stable release | 21.5 (MacOS) 21.5 (Windows)[1] / November 19, 2024 |
Operating system | Windows, macOS |
Type | Reference management |
License | Closed-source and commercial software |
Website | endnote |
EndNote is a commercial reference management software package, used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays, reports and articles. EndNote was written by Richard Niles, and ownership changed hands several times since it was launched in 1989 by Niles & Associates: in 2000 it was acquired by Institute for Scientific Information’s ResearchSoft Division, part of Thomson Corporation, and in 2016 by Clarivate (then named Clarivate Analytics). EndNote's main competitors are Mendeley, Zotero and Papers. Article Galaxy and RightFind are other software programs that can be used for similar purposes. Unlike Mendeley and Zotero, EndNote is neither free-to-use nor offers a freemium model. Papers is paid and a free 1-month demo is available. These softwares have both advantages and disadvantages compared to each other.