refbase

refbase index page

Developer(s)| Richard Karnesky

Michael Bartz

Matthias Steffens
Initial release| October 13, 2002; 23 years ago (2002-10-13)
Stable release|

0.9.6 / November 14, 2021; 4 years ago (2021-11-14)

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 written in PHP and using MySQL as a back-end database. It is available under the terms of the GPL license and its packages are featured in the official repositories of Gentoo Linux and Mandriva Linux.

refbase can be used to collect and share digital copies of publications such as an academic institution's research output.[1] refbase has also been used as a publication archive, for example, the Washington State University did use refbase to provide access to its collection of the Pullman Herald newspaper.[2]

refbase has been cited as one of the first web-based open-source tools to facilitate collaborative reference management.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Features
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Features

* Import/export of multiple bibliographic formats, including BibTeX, EndNote, RIS, ISI, MODS XML, PubMed, Medline, RefWorks, and Copac.
* Generating formatted bibliographies and citations in LaTeX, RTF, HTML, and PDF.
* Advanced search features and generation of RSS feeds from searches.
* Adding links using DOIs and URLs as well as links to files.
* Support for Search/Retrieve via URL (SRU) and OpenSearch web services.
* Support for COinS and unAPI metadata.

## See also

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

## References

1. ↑ Velmurugan, Chandran; Radhakrishnan, Natarajan (December 2014). "Institutional Repositories Software for Digital Libraries in the Digital Environment" (in English). International Journal of Multidisciplinary Consortium (IJMC) 1 (3): 131. ISSN 2349-073X. https://www.academia.edu/27170310/Institutional_Repositories_Software_for_Digital_Libraries_in_the_Digital_Environment. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
2. ↑ Coombs, Karen A.; Hollister, Amanda J. (2010) (in English). Open Source Web Applications for Libraries. Medford, N.J.: Information Today, Inc.. pp. 180-183. ISBN 978-1-57387-400-7. https://archive.org/details/opensourcewebapp0000coom/page/180/mode/2up?q=Refbase.
3. ↑ Heller, Lambert (August 2007). "Bibliographie und Sacherschließung in der Hand vernetzter Informationsbenutzer" (in German). Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter) 31 (2): 165. doi:10.34657/13537. ISSN 0341-4183. https://oa.tib.eu/renate/items/4b4ba5ba-339d-4441-af2a-e1787fc0cac8. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

## External links

* 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

* v
* t
* e

Reference management software

Open source|

* BibDesk
* JabRef
* KBibTeX
* Pybliographer
* refer
* Referencer
* Wikindx
* Zotero

Retail|

* Biblioscape
* Bookends
* Citavi
* EndNote
* Mendeley
* Papers
* ProCite (discontinued)
* Qiqqa
* Reference Manager (discontinued)
* Sente (discontinued)

Web-based|

* BibSonomy
* CiteULike (discontinued)
* Connotea (discontinued)
* Mendeley
* Qiqqa
* refbase
* RefWorks
* Wikindx
* WizFolio
* Zotero

* Category
* Comparison

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