ReadCube Papers

What is ReadCube Papers?

ReadCube Papers makes the world of academic research more accessible and connected. Reference management applications on the web, desktop, and mobile dramatically improve the way you find, access, organize, read, share, and cite academic literature.

Reference management for researchers, by researchers.

Documents help you collect and select the research material you're passionate about. This referral manager will improve the way you find, organize, read, quote, and share.

Search and save

Search your favorite academic search engines (in-app and through convenient browser extensions) and enjoy one-click downloads to quickly add full-text references and PDFs to your library.

Read and write down

Documents help you focus on the task at hand with the enhanced full-screen PDF reader. Highlight, underline, review, annotated notes, draw, and add sticky notes. Switch between different tabbed documents, view supplemental files, or go to referenced articles - conveniently linked online.

Cite faster with SmartCite

Users love SmartCite because it's fast, reliable and more importantly - easy to use! Just add the SmartCite add-in to Word 2016 and you'll have access to your entire library directly in your Word document.

• Search for references in your personal or shared collections or use the built-in search engine.
• APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, Nature ... choose from over 9000 citation styles built into SmartCite. Do you need anything specific? Customize your own style!
• SmartCite is designed for collaboration, just email your document to other Papers users and they can continue exactly where you left off!

It's time to get organized

Say goodbye to the desktop mess and unclassified PDF folders.

• Documents automatically identify and combine imported articles not only with complete metadata, but also with available data, citations, and full text (if available).
• Use labels, labels, classifications, smart collections, file management, and monitored folders to keep you organized in the future.

Share and collaborate

Papers users can create private shared collections to collaborate with up to 25 other Papers users at any given time. Just add your collaborator by email and it will be added to your shared folder. Perfect for laboratory collaborations, journal club or to handle the next manuscript.

Sync between devices

Securely sync your entire library, including notes, lists, notes, and even highlights on all your devices, including your desktop (Mac/PC), mobile devices (iOS/Android), or even over the web.

System Requirements

Windows

• Minimum:
• Windows 7 or higher
• An Intel Pentium 4 or later Processor compatible with SSE2
• 512 MB ram
• Recommended:
• Windows 10
• Intel Core i3
• 4 GB of RAM

Mac

• Minimum:
• Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)
• MacBook Late 2008
• 2 GB of RAM
• Recommended:
• Mac OS X 10.15 (Catalina)
• MacBook Air in early 2014
• 4 GB of RAM