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You and several others have recommended Mendeley but I personally wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole. It's a nice system but 1) it's proprietary, and 2) it'
by babilator 10y ago
You and several others have recommended Mendeley but I personally wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole. It's a nice system but 1) it's proprietary, and 2) it's owned by Elsevier, a company notorious for its shady business practices:
- https://politics.slashdot.org/story/12/03/19/2220208/boycott-of-elsevier-exceeds-8000-researchers https://politics.slashdot.org/story/12/03/19/2220208/boycott...
- https://science.slashdot.org/story/13/12/06/1945224/elsevier-going-after-authors-sharing-their-own-papers https://science.slashdot.org/story/13/12/06/1945224/elsevier...
- https://science.slashdot.org/story/15/11/02/1323258/all-editors-quit-top-linguistics-journal-to-protest-elseviers-pricing https://science.slashdot.org/story/15/11/02/1323258/all-edit...
Personally, I very much prefer Zotero but here's a great comparison of both software http://www.library.yorku.ca/web/research-learn/citations/zotero-vs-mendeley-comparison/ http://www.library.yorku.ca/web/research-learn/citations/zot...