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If you're interested other Elsevier shenanigans they now encrypt your PDFs that you add to Mendeley so you don't even have access to your OWN research. https:/

If you're interested other Elsevier shenanigans they now encrypt your PDFs that you add to Mendeley so you don't even have access to your OWN research. https://getpolarized.io/2019/01/23/mendeleys-encrypted-repository-is-fundamentally-anti-science.html https://getpolarized.io/2019/01/23/mendeleys-encrypted-repos...

dangom 8y ago
I've recently migrated from Mendeley to Zotero. I first had to downgrade Mendeley because recent releases also encrypt your local database to guarantee lock-in [1]. Quite scary. [1] https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/mendeley_import https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/mendeley_import
- dr_coffee 8y ago
  Zotero has been great. I switched four years ago and never looked back. Plugin support is great- I have drag and drop support in my latex editor and fairly easy citation selection in Lyx
  - jessriedel 8y ago
    I love zotero, and would never switch to Mendeley because of the lock-in problem, but the lack of any mobile apps is a real problem. Reading and annotating on an iPad is a key ability, and the 3rd part PaperShip is buggy and no longer under development.
- btrettel 8y ago
  I've used Zotero regularly since 2012 or so. At the time I chose it because it integrated with Firefox, though I recall looking into Mendeley as well. If you use BibTeX or BibLaTeX I'd recommend the following extension: https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-better-bibtex https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-better-bibtex I'm very glad I never even tried Mendeley given the database encryption fiasco. Mendeley put a blog post out saying that preventing importing to Zotero was unintentional, but I don't buy it. https://blog.mendeley.com/2019/01/31/the-importance-of-interoperability/ https://blog.mendeley.com/2019/01/31/the-importance-of-inter... Before the database encryption fiasco, I would recommend Mendeley and Zotero if someone wanted a citation manager, but now I recommend staying away from Mendeley as much as possible. The only major problems I've had with Zotero were related to Firefox's switch to WebExtensions. Now adding a copy of a webpage to a citation is more difficult than before the switch, though probably equally difficult as in Mendeley.
Gatsky 8y ago
I gave up on Mendeley. It’s clearly made by a team that doesn’t care about users, or science (eg the rubbish mobile app). Much better options these days which don’t require giving Elsevier any more money.

dangom 8y ago

I've recently migrated from Mendeley to Zotero. I first had to downgrade Mendeley because recent releases also encrypt your local database to guarantee lock-in [1]. Quite scary. [1] https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/mendeley_import https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/mendeley_import

dr_coffee 8y ago
Zotero has been great. I switched four years ago and never looked back. Plugin support is great- I have drag and drop support in my latex editor and fairly easy citation selection in Lyx
- jessriedel 8y ago
  I love zotero, and would never switch to Mendeley because of the lock-in problem, but the lack of any mobile apps is a real problem. Reading and annotating on an iPad is a key ability, and the 3rd part PaperShip is buggy and no longer under development.
btrettel 8y ago
I've used Zotero regularly since 2012 or so. At the time I chose it because it integrated with Firefox, though I recall looking into Mendeley as well. If you use BibTeX or BibLaTeX I'd recommend the following extension: https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-better-bibtex https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-better-bibtex I'm very glad I never even tried Mendeley given the database encryption fiasco. Mendeley put a blog post out saying that preventing importing to Zotero was unintentional, but I don't buy it. https://blog.mendeley.com/2019/01/31/the-importance-of-interoperability/ https://blog.mendeley.com/2019/01/31/the-importance-of-inter... Before the database encryption fiasco, I would recommend Mendeley and Zotero if someone wanted a citation manager, but now I recommend staying away from Mendeley as much as possible. The only major problems I've had with Zotero were related to Firefox's switch to WebExtensions. Now adding a copy of a webpage to a citation is more difficult than before the switch, though probably equally difficult as in Mendeley.

Gatsky 8y ago

I gave up on Mendeley. It’s clearly made by a team that doesn’t care about users, or science (eg the rubbish mobile app). Much better options these days which don’t require giving Elsevier any more money.