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Morgan R.
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What do you like best about Mendeley?

It's free, cannot be used offline anymore. Mendeley used to be great, it used to be available entirely offline, or you could use the handy built-in literature search tool. Neither of these features are available anymore. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mendeley?

Everything great about Mendeley, from before the Elsevier acquisition, is gone. The application used to be entirely functional for creating in-text citations with the Word plug-in offline. Now, you must be signed in to your Mendeley account to use the Word plug-in. You can no longer work with your citations offline. Absolute rubbish; I will be finding a new reference manager and citation tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mendeley solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mendeley used to be my go to reference manager for writing scientific papers. All the benefits I used to enjoy are now gone. My business performance has decreased since Elsevier purchased Mendeley. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What is Mendeley?

Mendeley is a desktop and web program for managing and sharing research papers, discovering research data and collaborating online.

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Mendeley is a desktop and web program for managing and sharing research papers, discovering research data and collaborating online.


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"The practical side of Mendeley: Between citations and synchronization."
Mendeley allows me to sync my libraries across multiple devices. I can annotate PDF files directly on the platform to either underline text, add ma...
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"Free reference manager"
The add-ons for the web browser and Microsoft Word allow us to quickly add our references and automatically format the citations, as well as change...
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"Great help for academic writers!!!!!"
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What do you like best about Mendeley?

Mendeley allows me to sync my libraries across multiple devices. I can annotate PDF files directly on the platform to either underline text, add margin notes or make comments that I can then use for reference in classes. One feature I take great advantage of is the Word add-in that makes it easy to insert citations and generate bibliographies automatically to save time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mendeley?

Although Mendeley automates many tasks related to citation management, maximizing its usefulness requires a solid knowledge of academic citation standards. Without that foundation, it can be confusing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mendeley solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mendeley is perfect for sorting, tagging, and searching references quickly and efficiently; it helps me create thematic folders to group relevant articles, and stored references from past projects are available for my future research. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lorenzo S.
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What do you like best about Mendeley?

The add-ons for the web browser and Microsoft Word allow us to quickly add our references and automatically format the citations, as well as change the citation style at any time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mendeley?

It presents problems when a new reference is added, it has to be synchronized manually in the application, which takes time and this is not done automatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mendeley solving and how is that benefiting you?

Create work groups to build bibliographic reference bases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Mendeley?

I love that mendelt seamless integrates as a browser extension and as a desktop app to work with Microsoft word. It makes adding full references and i text citations a breeze. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mendeley?

Occasionally, authors names end up strangely out of order based on comma placement in the abstract, and I have to fix this mannually Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mendeley solving and how is that benefiting you?

Med leg makes managing large numbers of references and citations a breeze, especially when coworking with others on a large literature review. It also makes it easy to highlight exactly where a reference point came from so that I can look at it later or others can see my thoughts in collaborating functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nadhia M.
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What do you like best about Mendeley?

sorting my references and have variety of format. it also safekeeping all of my articles and help me to note down all of my notes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mendeley?

sometimes the format of references are not aligned with the current format and i have to re do again in my files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mendeley solving and how is that benefiting you?

mendeley help to navigate and group my references accurately. i dont need to add my references manually because mendeley help me with that so less work for me Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Swapnil B.
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What do you like best about Mendeley?

I have used Mendeley for my thesis, and it has been amazing to use. The multi-devices support along with syncing capabilities is efficient to work with. Integrations with MS Word is easy as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mendeley?

The refresh button needs to be pressed everytime you need to resync when using a live connection and the newly add doesnt directly show. Other than that its great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mendeley solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used it for my Thesis. The main objective was to keep track of all the 100 + references for me. And the one-click bibliography is just cherry on top. The formatting of the references is just a click away! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tareq M.
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What do you like best about Mendeley?

I can use Mendeley Desktop for citation management. Mendeley Reference Manager, Mendeley Web Importer, helps with citation and referencing. The best about Mendeley is it is easy to use. I can give a reference of the website with Mendeley Web Importer. It is the best feature of Mendeley because manual referencing is not hassle-free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mendeley?

There is nothing that doesn't work well from my point of view. I think everything is okay. The user interface can be better. Besides, institutional access should be included in the software. If the search feature is added in Mendeley, it will be time efficient and more effective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mendeley solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mendeley is a software for citation in research papers. It has numerous products- Mendeley Desktop, Mendeley Reference Manager, Mendeley Web Importer etc. Mendeley Desktop is very effective for citation management for literature review. It is far better than built-in software for citation in Word software. Mendeley Web Importer is also helpful in fetching data not only from scientific papers/books but also from the random webpage. It boosts my work efficiency. Thanks, Mendeley. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rafael S.
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What do you like best about Mendeley?

The program allows the organization of text files and bibliographic references, enabling them to be used for various purposes, such as reading (annotations, markings, etc.) and also in information management for research. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mendeley?

Since March 2021, the mobile versions of the application (Android, iPhone, and iPadOS) have been removed, leaving only web access, which allows reading but does not work as well as the applications. Since September 2022, the "Desktop" version of the application has been discontinued, not allowing download from the official site. When compared to the "Reference Manager" version, the versions are quite similar. The main advantages of the "Reference Manager" version are automatic cloud synchronization and a more modern and attractive interface. However, this version still presents some issues such as: the keyword search tool does not work as well (sometimes I need to open Mendeley Desktop to locate a specific keyword); it no longer has the PDF organizer (an option from the Desktop version that allowed saving all PDFs added to the program in a specific folder, saving the files according to criteria such as author, year, journal, among others). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mendeley solving and how is that benefiting you?

The main use of Mendeley is for academic activities, having all my texts and/or references in one place helps in writing articles and other academic texts. The fact that the application accepts the import of references (BibTex; XML and RIS) also allows for bibliographic analysis and organization work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andres Esteban R.
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What do you like best about Mendeley?

I like it has several citation styles, is also a reader, that I can organize my text books and the amount of time saved doing bibliographies is just huge! ALso I like the sync options with the desktop version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mendeley?

When metadata on pdf is not accurate, and the software fills up that with random info, generating very weird citations, would like to have a easier way to fill correct data in documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mendeley solving and how is that benefiting you?

Time, time, time, and saving me from stress, building a bibliography can be such a hassle when you're handling over 20 references, so the automatic resolution of that matter is not doubt the best deal this software can offer in my perspective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Mendeley?

I like how you can automatically create works cited pages within a word document that you have cited using mendeley. In general, the best part of Mendeley is its integration with MS word. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mendeley?

Sometimes, syncing between devices is imperfect. As of 2022, they have stopped supporting the desktop application and mobile app, as a result, this will likely result in me switching away from Mendeley and to another software such as Zotero Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mendeley solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can format works cited based upon different scientific journal styles and easily change these styles. It makes formatting my lit cited quicker, and gives me a meaningful way to annotate and tag articles Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Diksha M.
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What do you like best about Mendeley?

As I am pursuing PhD, Mendely is the platform that helps me in managing citations and database for my reference papers. It is very easy to use with minimal complicacy while operating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mendeley?

The latest version of Mendeley that has been rolled out has some glitches. It sometimes crashes and hangs and I had to open the app from the start. After facing this problem I switched to the older version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mendeley solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mendeley is not only organizing the in-text citations but the bibliographic reference at the end of the note very efficiently. Not only that, it helps in managing the database very efficiently, which can be accessed easily along with features like notes for seperate papers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.