refbase

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refbase

refbase index page
Developer(s)	Richard Karnesky Michael Bartz Matthias Steffens
Initial release	October 13, 2002; 21 years ago (2002-10-13)
Stable release	0.9.6 / November 14, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-11-14)
Repository	svn.code.sf.net/p/refbase/code/
Written in	PHP
Operating system	Cross-platform
Available in	French, English, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), German, Japanese, Russian
Type	Reference management software
License	GPL
Website	refbase

refbase is a web-based institutional repository and reference management software which is often used for self-archiving^{[citation needed]}. refbase is licensed under the GPL and written in PHP and uses a MySQL backend.

It can import and export a variety of standard bibliographic formats, including BibTeX, EndNote, RIS, ISI, MODS XML, PubMed, Medline, RefWorks, and Copac. It can generate formatted bibliographies and citations in LaTeX, RTF, HTML, and PDF. refbase also has advanced search features and can generate RSS feeds from searches. Links using DOIs and URLs can be added, as can links to files. refbase supports the Search/Retrieve via URL (SRU) and OpenSearch web services as well as COinS and unAPI metadata.

refbase packages have been put in the official Gentoo Linux and Mandriva Linux repositories and has been used by the United States Geological Survey^{[citation needed]}.

• Comparison of reference management software
• List of free and open source software packages

• Official refbase website
  • refbase users (including databases which have 10,000 records for atom probe, cephalopods, conservation science, marine and polar science)
• SourceForge project page