ReadCube Papers for Mac
Your personal library of scientific resources.
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ReadCube Papers overview
What is ReadCube Papers? We are on a mission to make the world of research more accessible and connected - serving researchers, publishers, academic and commercial organizations. Papers offers a robust cross-platform suite of reference management & discovery tools that can dramatically improve the way researchers find, access, organize, read, annotate, share, and cite research literature.
Search + Download
- Built-in search engines
- Personalized recommendations
- Related article feeds
- Institutional proxy support
- Web importing via browser
- 1-click PDF downloads
- Advanced search filters
Stay Organized
- Easy importing tools from your desktop/other reference managers
- Auto article metadata matching
- Full text library search
- Advanced sorted & filtering
- Manual & smart collections
- #keyword tagging, labels & article ratings
- File management & watch folders
Read & Annotate
- Enhanced PDF viewing
- Hyperlinked inline references, high-res figure browsers & auto-fetched supplements
- Advanced article metrics (incl. citations, field & relative citation ratio, and Altmetric)
- Inline and sticky notes, highlighting and drawing tools
- Text to speech tool
Share & Collaborate
- Up to 5 private shared collections (PDFs/references)
- Collaborate with up to 25 Papers user per collection
- Share references, PDFs, notes, tags and PDF annotations
- Article discussion group
Cite Faster
- Insert references from personal / shared libraries or use built-in search engine.
- 8000+ citation styles supported. Customize & import your own
- Quick-copy of citations in bibtex, ris
- Export reference list for use in third party citation tools like EndNote and Overleaf
- Supports Word 2016+
Sync Across Devices
- Unlimited cloud storage for your personal library
- Sync your entire library including notes, lists, annotations, and highlights across all of your devices
- Supports Desktop (Mac/PC), mobile (iOS/Android) and Web.
What’s new in version 5.0.0
- Enhancement. We’re excited to announce a major update to our platform, packed with a redesigned user interface, new features, and enhanced search capabilities to make your research process smoother and more efficient.
- New design for the library. We’ve given the Library a fresh look! The existing features are now easier to navigate with improvements to usability. You’ll find the library’s familiar tools in a more intuitive layout, ensuring a better user experience.
- Updated Search Module. The search functionality has been revamped and is now housed in a dedicated module. Recommended Searches have a new placement, making it easier for you to find suggested articles based on your interests.
- Optimized Settings Pages. Settings have been reorganized and optimized for a more streamlined experience, allowing you to configure your preferences more efficiently.
Full list of changes available here
ReadCube Papers for Mac
$60.00
In English
Version 5.0.0
What users say about ReadCube Papers
Value: 1.0
As with most reviews, I am also a long-term user of Papers (since version 2) who is disappointed by the changes in the current version. All functions are clunky, and most of the great features from Papers v2 and v3 were abandoned. The redCube help is useless, and their support do NOT listen to the user community. I continued to use Papers v3 until I could, but after a macOS update, it stopped working due to lack of support and forced me to use redCube. The reasons for my frustration include, but are not limited to: - Even if I chose my entire library to be "available offline", anytime I ask to open a file, it retrieves it from the cloud (why not use the local copy?....). This means that if I make notes or highlights in my PDFs (using mac's Preview), these will be gone the next time -- unless I make the notes inside redCube, but their annotation system is very limited. This is my most hated backward-feature -- I've lost most of my notes and highlights with this..... - Searching is much worse, and on has to use search tricks to find what one's looking for. Also, being unable to select the sources of our searches is a major step backwards - Matching is horrible, and meta-data often has to be entered manually - Annual Subscription rather than 1-off payment -- what a cheap corporate move - When you apply a nested label, the nesting labels "above" it are not added -- it should inherent the "upper categories", as Papers 2 and 3 did
Other user ratings:
Ease of use | 1.0
Features | 1.0
Reliability | 1.0
Customer support | 1.0
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Jul 1 2023
Version: 4.36.2283
I created an account to write a review on this app. Yes, really. This app is unbelievably horrible. I have never known any paid service (or even free) that is this bad. It cannot recognize pretty much anything that is not in the most standard journal format, e.g., book section, proceedings, conference paper, you name it. It doesn't even recognize Google scholar references properly. Something is seriously wrong with this product. I wouldn't consider this product if it was free. Can't believe this charges $60 per year and is still in business. I kept using it because I already paid for a yearly subscription but it has constantly amazed me how bad a paid reference program can be.
Oct 6 2022
Version: 4.23.4
The once GREAT and BEST Papers 3 app is ruined.
I cannot believe people could do it, and others let them do it and even paid for it...
Mar 18 2022
Version: 4.23.4
I switched from the original Papers, which I had used from Papers 1, with some trepidation. I have now used ReadCube Papers for almost a year, and have been very happy with it. Other reviewers have complained about the matching being clunky, but I use the document doi which works well. The citation manager works well for manuscripts, and my large >7k library is fine. The help desk is helpful and prompt.
Dec 3 2021
Version: 4.23.4
Like pretty much every other reviewer I've read, I also despair at the change from Papers 3 to Readcube Papers. I used to like Papers 3 - it did what I needed it to do, and I built up a database with it. I tried out Readcube Papers but even after testing for 15 minutes, many drawbacks were evident. It just doesn't have a lot of the functionality of Papers 3. Even something as simple as setting document type - Papers 3 had a lot more options to chose from, which are missing in the new version. Papers 3 allow browsing via thumbnail mode, the new app does not. The list goes on! Oh and the move to a horrible subscription model! They have massacred a good app which is now no longer supported and constantly crashes with the latest OSX. Shame on them.
Nov 5 2021
Version: 4.23.4
I have been struggling with the upgrade for a year now. After many emails with ReadCube I have essentially given up. The upgrade ruined what was a great reference manager. I am beyond figuring out how to fix it. What else is out there to take its place?
