Literature Management Tools: Red and Black Lists

Feb 20, 202533

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**Zotero** - **Pros:** Excellent compatibility with Chinese literature through plugins; comprehensive literature management features. - **Cons:** PDF cloud syncing requires third-party software; limited official cloud storage space. **Mendeley** - **Cons:** Extremely slow PDF loading and syncing, making it nearly unusable. **Paperpile** - **Pros:** Web-based; can store PDFs using Google Drive; includes metadata retrieval. - **Cons:** Poor support for Chinese; difficulty in obtaining metadata for early literature. **Paperlib** - **Pros:** Good English search capabilities. - **Cons:** Poor support for Chinese; cloud storage requires independent configuration.

Zotero#

Advantages:

Perfectly compatible with Chinese literature through plugins
Comprehensive literature management functions

Disadvantages:
PDF cloud synchronization requires third-party software, and the official cloud storage space is relatively small

Mendeley#

Disadvantages:
PDF loading and synchronization are extremely slow, making it almost unusable

Paperpile#

Advantages:

Web-based format
Can store PDFs using Google Drive
Comes with metadata retrieval

Disadvantages:

Very poor support for Chinese
Early literature metadata is difficult to obtain

Paperlib#

Advantages:
Good English search capability
Disadvantages:

Very poor support for Chinese
Cloud storage support requires independent configuration