EndNote will take care of the tedious task of creating bibliographies for your scientific papers. Leave the tedious work of formatting citations and bibliographies, searching for and entering references, and finding full-text articles to EndNote.
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What is EndNote?
The choice for scientific writing and reference management
There is probably no more tedious task than creating bibliographies for your scientific papers. Not to mention the fact that different journals require different reference styles. Leave behind the tedious work of formatting bibliographies, searching for references, and finding full-text articles. EndNote has been the researchers´ choice for managing references and formatting bibliographies for over 25 years.
EndNote for Windows and Mac integrates the following tasks into one program:
More than just a Reference Manager
EndNote moves you through the research process as you search, organise, write, publish and share. Leave behind the tedious work of bibliographies and reference management and take your research to the next level with the new EndNote!
The Library sharing feature makes it easy to work on the same library, at the same time, with up to 1000 collaborators.
Find It
Search your favourite databases right within EndNote. Tap into hundreds of online databases and instantly harvest what you find.
Collect full-text PDFs in one click
EndNote automatically downloads and attaches free, online full-text PDFs to your saved references.
Store it
Organise your references. Reference groups keep things manageable and reveal overlaps or intersections in your research.
Work with PDFs
Organise, rename, annotate, search and open your PDFs directly within EndNote.
Sync desktop and online libraries
Access all your research from anywhere, including your comments and annotations.
Create bibliographies
Build and format bibliographies. Create bibliographies and citations right within Microsoft® Word using Cite While You Write. Take your pick of 5,000+ formats – including popular styles such as APA, MLA, ALA, Harvard and Chicago style.
Write, polish and publish
Use EndNote tools to deliver a perfectly formatted paper, manuscript, CV, grant application or other research-rich documents.
Share your research! Invite colleagues and team members into your library – including notes and annotations. With unlimited storage, you can share as much as you want with up to 1000 users.
Connect with ideas, thinkers and practical tips that can take your work to a new level. Collaborate privately with your team or openly with a broader research community.
EndNote Click
Access full-text PDFs with the free EndNote Click web browser plugin.
Supports the latest versions of Chrome, Edge, and Opera.
The web browser plugin EndNote Click acts as your digital key to the world’s research. As you browse databases like PubMed, Web of Science or Google Scholar, it works in the background to instantly locate the best available PDF, whether it’s in your library’s subscriptions or open access. One click adds the paper and its citation directly to your EndNote library.
Why researchers love EndNote Click:
Which EndNote is right for you?
Desktop application for Windows and Mac
The most powerful research tool for reference management on the market. All the capabilities you need on your desktop and online.
iPad
The perfect sidekick to EndNote desktop and online. Now your EndNote reference library weighs less than 2 pounds.
Online
Completely free, online-only access to our basic reference manager – perfect for writing that first research paper.
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What’s new in EndNote 2025
AI Makes EndNote Better Than Ever
We’re excited to announce the release of EndNote 2025, packed with AI-powered features designed specifically for researchers and students. EndNote 2025 transforms how you manage references and extract insights from your research materials.
We know your time is precious. That’s why EndNote 2025 focuses on creating AI-powered innovations that genuinely understand and support your research process.
AI Key Takeaways of your papers
Save valuable time by getting insights from articles and PDFs quickly with the help of AI Key Takeaways. This generative AI-powered tool expedites research discovery by extracting key insights and takeaways from individual papers.
EndNote Research Assistant
AI summaries of chosen text
With AI Summaries, you can now highlight any section of an article or PDF and instantly generate a concise summary of that specific passage.
- The summary is based only on the text you select—not the entire document.
- Perfect for cutting through dense sections, such as lengthy results, complex table notes, or extended discussion paragraphs.
- Get quick takeaways without having to condense everything yourself manually.
In short, you pick the passage, and EndNote does the summarising.
Text translations
EndNote now includes instant text translation inside PDFs and articles.
- Highlight a passage and translate it directly into your preferred language.
- Translations are generated only from the selected text—no metadata or summaries involved.
- If a passage can’t be translated, EndNote will flag it clearly.
This removes language barriers, allowing researchers to read global literature more efficiently.
Cassyni Seminars in EndNote 2025
Cassyni’s AI-powered research seminars are now integrated directly into EndNote.
Clarivate integrates Cassyni’s AI-powered research seminars into EndNote Desktop, providing researchers with a smarter way to discover and engage with literature. This adds valuable context and transparency to references, helping researchers to work more efficiently and with greater confidence.
- See exactly when a paper is discussed in a seminar, with direct links to that point in the recording.
- Discover seminars where authors explain their own work—methods, decisions, and limitations—in their own voice.
- Find and RSVP (Répondez s’il vous plaît 😊) to upcoming live seminars tied to papers in your EndNote library.
Bottom line: EndNote now connects text and video, giving researchers context, transparency, and direct engagement with authors.
Improved sync
The sync engine has been rebuilt for enhanced speed and reliability across desktop, online, and mobile platforms.
- Large libraries with thousands of references now sync faster with fewer errors.
- Researchers working across multiple devices will see quicker updates and fewer conflicts.
Bottom line: smoother syncing, less waiting, fewer headaches.
EndNote Web in French
The EndNote Web interface is now fully localised in French, with menus, help text, and navigation available in the language.
- Makes it easier for French-speaking researchers to use EndNote web.
- Improves collaboration and accessibility for global research teams.
EndNote starts to speak your language.
Web of Science integration in EndNote Web
EndNote Web now connects directly with Web of Science.
- From your EndNote Web library, jump straight to Web of Science records.
- Access deeper citation data, related works, and impact metrics instantly.
Benefit from faster reference checks, easier citation tracking, and better discovery of related research.
Find a journal
EndNote’s Find a Journal is an enhanced machine-learning tool for publishing, available directly in the Cite While You Write plugin. Find the best journal match for your work by using key elements from your manuscript.
Cite from PDF
Efficiency and usability are key when writing a research paper. EndNote 2025 allows you, with a single click, to insert a highlighted quote from a PDF, along with its corresponding citation, into your document.
Find Reference Updates and Find Full-Text improvements
Enhance the credibility and reliability of your work by retrieving full-text articles and updating your reference details, ensuring references are correct and complete.
Summary panel redesign
Easily view the key details of each article in a clear, organised format with a concise summary of your records. Also, you decide what to show in the summary panel.
Web of Science is the world’s most trusted citation database. With EndNote 2025, you can curate a more comprehensive reference library by viewing articles highly relevant to your work and finding papers that have cited your references.
These innovations represent EndNote’s commitment to supporting your research journey. We want you to spend less time managing references and more time making breakthrough discoveries in your field.
Want to see what more EndNote can do for you today? Visit our EndNote product page.
New features in EndNote 21
EndNote 21 and EndNote Web have new features that make managing and formatting your citations faster and easier than ever. The new tagging feature helps you stay organized and improve your productivity. The new data restoration functions protect your work and your sleep. And the new integrated document creation tools for Google Docs improve your online writing workflow.
Protect your work
Take a deep breath. If the unthinkable happens, EndNote 21 can recover your library from the cloud and get you back where you belong.
In EndNote 21, you can restore your library and library structure with our new data restoration function, ensuring your research is not lost. With single reference restoration, you can also compare and restore previous versions of individual references.
I love it! Like my own IT-admin, always having my back. I hate the feeling of being lost in these computers and all the files. Now I can always save myself :-)
Stay organised with tags
Tags are customizable labels that let you organise your references however you’d like. You can add tags to references and customise their colour and name.
You can add multiple tags to a reference, and anyone you share your library with can view those tags, making them a great way to quickly and intuitively organise your references.
Perfect! This will definitely make our shared library so much better and more efficient to use. Great value!
Cite While You Write in Google Docs
Our Cite While You Write (CWYW) tool makes it easy to insert your EndNote references in a Microsoft Word or Apple Pages document. CWYW automatically creates in-text citations and reference lists and easily changes the format of your in-text citations and reference lists.
With EndNote 21 we are expanding CWYW to be compatible with Google Docs, making it easier to write your next paper and to collaborate on documents with colleagues.
A new exclusive EndNote Web interface
With EndNote you can access your research anytime, anywhere from the cloud. Move seamlessly between online and desktop and iPad applications.
Say hello to the brand new EndNote Web, available only to EndNote 21 customers for three years from the activation date. Securely sync your entire library including PDFs, notes, and annotations across all your devices.
New features in EndNote 20
EndNote 20 offers all the power and flexibility you love about EndNote, with a new modern look and feel inspired by your feedback.
Save time with EndNote
Research more efficiently with tools that find PDFs for you throughout your search process and automatically write your bibliography, so that you can focus on what matters most: your ideas.
Stay organized
Conduct large-scale projects with a reliable system that stores unlimited references and provides powerful tools to help you organise and manage them easily and quickly.
Collaborate easily
Work more smoothly with your team members– whether they’re based around the world, or just across town– with flexible solutions for sharing and commenting that help everyone stay on the same page.
Get published
Easily manage the process of getting your manuscript published using tools that match your paper with relevant, reputable journals, and can instantly reformat your paper in over 7,000 bibliographic styles.
ENDNOTE 20 INCLUDES:
System requirements
System requirements for EndNote
Windows compatibility and system requirements
Word processor software
Macintosh compatibility and system requirements
Word processor software
An Internet connection is required to register for online access, search online databases, find full text and automatically update references.
EndNote Web/Online compatibility and requirements
Browser support for Web Applications*
*Applies to both Macintosh and Windows browser versions.
**Cookies and JavaScript must be enabled for the Web Capture add-on.
EndNote Click (Free web browser plugin)
Supports the latest versions of Chrome, Edge, and Opera.
Network compatibility and system requirements
Installation and deployment
EndNote libraries can be accessed on a network – including networks with Macintosh and Windows workstations. Multiple users on a network can access an EndNote library simultaneously in read-only mode. This allows users to search for references, cite them in their papers and create bibliographies. EndNote does not allow multiple users on a network to edit a single library at the same time.
On Windows networks, EndNote can be deployed with MSI installer technology using scripting or via Group Policy. If you have technical questions regarding the use of EndNote on a network, contact Support.
EndNote Cross-Platform Compatibility
EndNote libraries are cross-platform compatible. Following the EndNote end-user license agreement, this means:
Licensing
EndNote License Options
All license options can be installed on both office and home computers for the license owner/end-user.
Please contact us for help choosing the best licensing option for your organisation!
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