It is very fast on mac, I like it. I has the powerful smart list, very good. I can directly search reference based on title, author, abstract, etc, very convenient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I tried to import new papers based on specific paper's reference list within papers, while this process is not smooth. Sometimes the new papers was not imported as an individual paper, but as the attachment of that specific paper, this is not good. Another thing is that I find Papers Help (GPU) occupy too much memory on my mac M1. So I have to quit it and reopen sometimes. One last thing is contibue to improve the import option from website. I find that papers cannot access the paper from website sometimes, although the pdf is open-access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like the most about papers by ReadCube is how easy it makes to import papers from databases to my own library. A single click and the paper is in the library, with all the data extracted and easy to find, making it very easy to manage the library. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Something that I don't like abour Papers by ReadCube is that the library is only available online. I wish there was the possibility to save my library in my computer and access it as an app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to create and use a reference database. Easy to format and copy in any output style. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

can't integrate directly on mac writing sofware, and the papers extension doesn't work on recent versions of safari. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use, gerat way of organizing papers and minimizong citation errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The old version of Papers had an option to drag and drop BibTex cites into LaTeX. Please bring this feature back. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lots of different ways to annotate the text between highlighting, underlining and adding notes. The chrome extension easily lets you add articles into your library and sort them by subcategory. It was super easy to download and implement and I use it all the time. Very nice to have the app on iphone and iPad to stay connected all the time and on the go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it won't find the PDF of the article added even though the PDF is available so there are some bugs there. I also wish the notes had more customization available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it gives me the chance to have my whole library at the tip of my finger. The new au function seems unreal Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This version only reads pdf documents. I am waiting for an update to import other kind of files. In addition the smart importation became less smart against the Papers version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a functioning paper management software... It can help organizing large collections of research articles, book chapters, and so on... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The software is missing key features that were present in Papers 2 and 3, making it much less competitive to other paper management programs such as Mendeley. I started using Papers 2 when I was in grad schol (~2013). It had everything that a researcher needed! Ability to download articles from journal websites; parse the metadata; store pdfs for each paper; find duplicate papers, journals, authors; add and modify journal abbreviations; easy ways to manage citekeys and create bibtex files for referencing. I was extremely satisfied with it back then. Few years after, Papers 3 was introduced. Earlier versions were not great with many key features missing and lots of bugs. But the software got eventually better, with many features listed above restored or fixed.

Papers ReadCube is a complete departure from the previous versions. Despite several years in production, the program still lacks the basic features that the earlier versions had! For example, it is not possible to find duplicate papers, journals, or authors. Modifying journal abbreviations for batches of papers cannot be done, one has to do that one paper at a time. Try doing this when you have ~10000 papers in your repository!

There is no easy way to collect papers for individual authors, other than searching for their names in the search field. What the developers do not realize is that many authors have the same last names and that finding their papers with a simple search does not help. Also, every now and then, one has to modify authors' names. In Papers 2 and 3, one could collect papers written by the same author together, which would automatically correct their name spellings. This feature no longer exists in Papers ReadCube.

Another huge issue is supporting special symbols in titles or author names. In Papers 2 and 3, those special symbols would be recognized and converted to the Latex math format, allowing for seemless conversion into the bibtex format. This is no longer the case: Papers ReadCube would simply include the special symbols in the bibtex files without converting into the Latex math format, which would break every Latex compilation.

I have found many complaints online with researchers requesting the features described above. However, it is clear that the developers are not listening to these requests. Papers ReadCube is an example of a software that is developed by programmers with complete disregard of their customer needs.

The only reason why I kept my subscription in the last two years is that I have a large papers database that would otherwise be difficult to port over. However, with the help of tools like Mendeley and JabRef I will soon be able to stop using Papers ReadCube for good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Administration and storage of all my reviewed articles in my research. As well as being compatible with ENDNOTE, giving me superpowers that enhance my skills, providing advantages over my collaborators. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In general, I like everything, maybe a new renovation that includes AI for the post-production of articles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the interface. I have been using ReadCube since it started and am very satisfied with its options. It allows me to store and sort my papers with easy online access on the web in case I don´t have my laptop with me. I also use it to read and highlight literature and export citations almost every day.

The customer support is very fast and friendly. Once, I had problems exporting the literature from my previous software, and they solved the issue quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I dislike about ReadCube is the exporting options for PDF files. Sometimes, I just need to send an email attaching the papers, and by now (as far as I know), it is not possible to export a list of papers. You have to export each paper to PDF independently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are so many things that Readcube gets right: the unlimited cloud storage for articles (i have > 3100), the search capability for your own library, the recommended articles feature can lead you down a rabbit hole very easily.

The PDF annotation option is great, and I love the ability to export my annotations to TXT or CSV. This makes sending my notes to other apps like Obsidian or Apple Notes easy.

I realize AI is in beta, but this has been amazing once I figured out how to incorporate it into my workflow. Asking "describe the study design", the PICO questions, "using bullet points, outline the experimental methodology" gives back accurate and repeatable answers and makes overall literature review a breeze.

I do like the browser extension, but some open-source articles cant download through it. This is the publishers issue though, not really Readcube's. RSNA journals is a good example of this.

The integration between the desktop app, iOS app and web app is seamless. I dont think any other reference manager gets this as perfectly as Readcube does. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I'm all in on team Readcube, but there are a few things I would like to see:

- Software updates seem sporadic. There was a long time (over a year I think) when Readcube/Papers got NO updates and started to feel like abandonware. I think Digital Science got the message and started really working on Readcube in 2023, but now it feels like we're in a lull again. Even if its just small tweaks and big fixes, it would be reassuring to know that there is attention to development.

- Although functionally, there is not too much distance between the web version and the app, its definitely noticeable where there is a difference. For example, the AI module is only available on the web. The app is much quicker to show up hits when I do keyword searches in my library, while the web version takes longer to return less results. I can link to articles from Obsidian/Apple Notes/Evernote from the web, but not with the app.

- The database search is REALLY opaque. Am I searching Pubmed? MedarXiv? Do I need to use Pubmed syntax? Something else? I have no idea. There's no real answer, and I cant trust the results as much as I could just going to Pubmed or Scopus. I also can't save my searches, making keeping up with the latest articles a function of using Pubmed email alerts.

- I wish it used the PDFKit standard. Annotations I might make in another PDF reader do not carry over to Readcube or the other way around. If I do make annotations in another PDF reader, I wind up with multiple copies of the same article in my local Readcube folder, and the cloud storage only saves the Readcube annotations. It's a bit of a mess and makes my workflow a little more convoluted. Switching to PDFKit would also GREATLY facilitate using a program like Hookmark to create links between my annotations. I can do this with the web version, but not with the app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.