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New Browser Extension Update: Seamless Citation Management with CiteDrive

Mar 29, 2025

New Browser Extension Update: Seamless Citation Management with CiteDrive

We’re excited to announce the latest update to our browser extension, designed to make your citation management even more efficient and streamlined. With these new features, managing your BibTeX references has never been easier.

Open BibTeX References in the Sidebar
Gone are the days of constantly switching between windows to manage your references. With the new sidebar feature, you can now open your BibTeX references directly in the browser without leaving the page you’re working on. This allows you to quickly access and edit your references while staying focused on your research. Whether you’re browsing scholarly articles or other sources, everything you need is just a click away.

Edit and Add Missing Information
No more scrambling to track down missing reference details. The updated extension lets you directly edit and add any missing information right from the sidebar. Whether it’s a missing author name, journal title, or publication date, you can ensure your references are complete and accurate without navigating away from your current webpage.

Directly Add References to CiteDrive Projects
You can now seamlessly integrate your BibTeX references with CiteDrive. With just a few clicks, you can add any reference directly to your CiteDrive project. This keeps your research organized and centralized, allowing you to easily manage your citations and references for your projects, without manual copying and pasting.

Switch Between BibTeX and BibLaTeX Formats
Whether you prefer working with BibTeX or BibLaTeX, the new extension update lets you switch between both formats effortlessly. This added flexibility ensures that no matter your preferred citation style, you can work in the format that best fits your project.

Why You’ll Love the New Features:

Stay Focused: No need to switch between windows or tabs.
Complete References: Edit and add missing details in real-time.
Organized Research: Quickly add references to your CiteDrive project.
Flexible Format: Switch seamlessly between BibTeX and BibLaTeX formats.

This update further integrates the CiteDrive platform into your research workflow, giving you a more powerful tool to manage your citations and references with ease.

Try it out today and see how much easier managing your citations can be!

CiteDrive 4.0 is Here! The Next Generation of Reference Management

Dec 5, 2024

After months of anticipation, we’re thrilled to announce that CiteDrive 4.0 is now live! This milestone release brings transformative updates designed to make citation and reference management even more intuitive and collaborative for researchers, writers, and teams.

Here’s what’s new in CiteDrive 4.0:

Centralized Library – Your BibTeX/BibLaTeX References, Unified

One of the most anticipated features is here: the centralized library. This long-requested feature makes CiteDrive the perfect solution for anyone working with BibTeX or BibLaTeX in LaTeX, Overleaf, or Markdown editors.

Import references from multiple projects and keep them organized in a single, central library.
No more duplicate entries—easily reuse references across projects without adding them again.
Build and manage your complete citation database that grows with your research over time.

This centralized library brings ease of access and organization, making CiteDrive the best choice for those using LaTeX, Overleaf, and Markdown-based workflows.

Redesigned Interface – Focused on Simplicity and Accessibility

CiteDrive 4.0 introduces a sleek, redesigned interface, making it easier to manage and view your BibTeX/BibLaTeX references.

Custom Views: Toggle between detailed or compact layouts to fit your needs.
Reference Grouping: Organize references by project sections or concepts for clearer structure.
Accessibility Improvements: A renewed focus on accessibility for a smoother user experience.

With these enhancements, managing your references—whether in LaTeX or Markdown—feels effortless.

Looking Ahead: Labnotes

While we couldn’t include Labnotes in this release, it’s coming soon! Labnotes will give you the ability to link your research notes directly to your BibTeX/BibLaTeX references, providing a seamless connection between your ideas and sources. Stay tuned as we continue developing this feature!

Why CiteDrive 4.0?

CiteDrive is the go-to reference manager for LaTeX, Overleaf, and Markdown users, built to support BibTeX and BibLaTeX. With CiteDrive 4.0, you get a central, organized library, an intuitive interface, and a powerful solution for managing your references as you work on academic and professional projects.

Start exploring CiteDrive 4.0 today and discover a smarter way to manage your references in the world of LaTeX, Overleaf, and Markdown.

🚀 CiteDrive — Manage your references. Master your research.

Enhance your academic writing experience with the powerful integration of MonsterWriter and CiteDrive.

Sep 3, 2024

Enhance your academic writing experience with the powerful integration of MonsterWriter and CiteDrive.

This seamless collaboration brings a new level of efficiency and accuracy to your writing and citation management.

MonsterWriter is the ideal tool for students and academics writing a thesis. It simplifies structuring complex documents by automatically formatting citations, footnotes, and tables of contents. Unlike other traditional programs used to write term papers, bachelor’s, or master’s theses, one does not need to bother about the format at the moment of writing. Now, MonsterWriter includes CiteDrive, a collaborative BibTeX citation and reference manager – simplifying the entire process, from literature research to the organization and correct citations.

What is CiteDrive?

CiteDrive enables users to manage, share, and collaborate on BibTeX-based references. It is an efficient platform for managing citation libraries across projects and synchronizing them in real-time with tools such as Overleaf for LaTeX projects or RStudio for research coding.

How does the new integration work?

With the new MonsterWriter CiteDrive extension, you can easily synchronize your references between both platforms, enabling seamless writing and citation management updates. Find out how to get started here:

Just as you know it from Overleaf or RStudio after you have filled projects with references in CiteDrive (see our guide), you can copy the corresponding link from the project using the “Magic Bib File” function and paste it into the CiteDrive field in the reference management area of MonsterWriter. Take a look at the MonsterWriter video.

With this integration, you can focus on the content of your academic paper while MonsterWriter and CiteDrive take care of the citations and formatting. This new feature saves time and optimizes collaboration between you and your fellow students - because, just like CiteDrive, you will soon be able to invite other users to edit the same document together in MonsterWriter.

Making Open Access Publishing Affordable: ConductScience Paves the Way for Cost-effective Scholarship

May 31, 2024

Open access - the free and unrestricted online publication of scholarly articles - promises a new era of access to research. But behind the scenes, financial hurdles lurk. Authors face high fees for publishing their work, while reputable publishers such as Elsevier are under fire. The Guardian reveals (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/07/too-greedy-mass-walkout-at-global-science-journal-over-unethical-fees): More than 40 high-profile academics have thrown in the towel in protest at Elsevier’s exorbitant publishing costs. However, as the debate over excessive charges heats up, it must be acknowledged that moderate open access fees can be a justifiable way of covering the costs of peer review, technical infrastructure, and editorial work. The Guardian speaks of larger profit margins than big tech giants like Amazon and over $3000 for a single publication - sometimes even more.

Affordable open access and equal opportunities

For authors, low-cost OA is invaluable because it helps distribute their research and makes it more widely available. However, the burden of high publication fees is a significant barrier, particularly for researchers affiliated with less affluent institutions or countries. By allowing all researchers to share and disseminate their work freely, affordable open access promotes diversity of voices in academia and improves equality of opportunity.

Quality control and reach

Quality control and a reputable publisher with a broad reach are important to ensure the credibility and visibility of scientific work. Through peer review, journals ensure that research results are subjected to a critical review process, increasing the quality and reliability of published work. An established publisher with a broad reach enables authors to disseminate their results to a wider audience and to make their work known to the scientific community. This contributes to the recognition and citation of research and promotes scientific progress.

ConductScience Publishing: Innovative Solutions

The ConductScience publishing platform is the solution to this problem. It is designed to transform scientific research by offering low-cost open access, improving reproducibility through integrated supply chain solutions, and simplifying submissions through advanced AI technology. Its approach optimizes the research process, making it more efficient, accessible, and reliable for scientists worldwide. ConductScience’s OA publishing service will be completely free until the end of 2024.

Integrating AI and machine learning tools is at the forefront of innovation in scientific publishing methods. This approach transforms how scientific research is published, accessed, and used worldwide.

The affiliate link model from ConductScience

The affiliate link model at ConductScience Publishing House means that academics pay meager fees to publish their work. By embedding affiliate links in articles, they establish a symbiotic relationship between the publisher, the scientist, and the vendor. When readers, including replicating scientists, purchase products through these links, a portion of the sale is returned to conduct science. This revenue allows Conduct Science to minimize publication fees for scientists, lowering the financial barrier to publishing their research. As a result, this model supports their open-access policy and maintains our commitment to disseminating scientific knowledge without imposing significant economic burdens on authors.

CS Publishing currently has four journals, with more to come. Creating your journal and purchasing conference management software through the platform at https://publish.conductscience.com/ is also possible. The user-friendly submission portal makes the submission process straightforward and efficient. See for yourself how easy it is:

The Editorial Board consists of highly qualified experts from various fields. You can learn more about the Editorial Board and the people involved here: https://research.conductscience.com/.

Mastering Bibliography Styles in LaTeX/Overleaf: A Quick Guide for BibTeX, natbib, and BibLaTeX

Feb 21, 2024

Do you use LaTeX or Overleaf and need help customizing bibliography styles for your documents? Whether in BibTeX, natbib, or BibLaTeX, bibliography style customization can be slightly confusing initially, especially as the style names could be clear guides. We will show you how to change the bibliography style in each system, with the essential styles listed in a table. As there are three options in LaTeX (and therefore in Overleaf), we will go from the classic BibTeX to the versatile natbib to the modern BibLaTeX; you will find here a step-by-step guide to customize your bibliography to your needs. Let’s dive in and uncover the secrets of bibliography styles in LaTeX!

BibTeX:

BibTeX relies on .bst (BibTeX Style) files to format the bibliography style in your .tex documents. To change the style, you need to change the .bst file being used.

Locate or Choose a .bst File: Find an appropriate .bst file that corresponds to the style you desire. Common styles include plain, abbrv, alpha, etc. Alternatively, you can find or create custom .bst files.

Define the .bst File in the LaTeX Document:

% replace "your_style" with the name of your chosen .bst file
\bibliographystyle{your_style}
% replace "your_bib_file" with the name of your .bib file
\bibliography{your_bib_file}

BibTeX style examples

Style Name	Description
`plain`	Plain bibliography style, sorted alphabetically
`alpha`	Citation labels are formed by author and year
`abbrv`	Abbreviated bibliography style
`unsrt`	Unsorted bibliography style
`ieeetr`	IEEE Transactions style
`acm`	Association for Computing Machinery style
`siam`	Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics style
`amsplain`	American Mathematical Society plain bibliographic style
`apalike`	APA-like style
`natbib`	Flexible citation styles with natbib package

Run BibTeX: After making changes to your LaTeX document, run BibTeX to generate the bibliography. The command typically looks like this:

bibtex <your-document>

Compile LaTeX Document: Finally, compile your LaTeX document with LaTeX again (and possibly multiple times to resolve cross-references).

natbib:

natbib is a package for bibliographies that provides additional citation commands and flexibility. To change the bibliography style with natbib:

Choose a Citation Style: natbib provides several citation styles such as plainnat, abbrvnat, etc. You can use BibTeX styles with natbib, but you may find that the following styles offer more functionality.

Style Name	Description
`plainnat`	Similar to `plain`, compatible with `natbib` package
`abbrvnat`	Similar to `abbrv`, compatible with `natbib` package
`unsrtnat`	Similar to `unsrt`, compatible with `natbib` package
`apalike`	APA-like style, compatible with `natbib` package
`nature`	Nature-like style, compatible with `natbib` package
`chicago`	Chicago Manual of Style, compatible with `natbib` package
`plainnatnat`	A variation of `plainnat` with more natural names
`agsm`	Harvard AGPS style, compatible with `natbib` package

Define the bibliography Style in the LaTeX Document: Also, import the natbib package with the desired style:

\usepackage[<options>]{natbib} \bibliographystyle{<style>}

Run BibTeX and Compile: Follow the same steps as with BibTeX.

BibLaTeX:

BibLaTeX is a more modern bibliography system that works with LaTeX. Changing the bibliography style in BibLaTeX is more straightforward.

Choose a BibLaTeX Style: BibLaTeX comes with various built-in styles like numeric, apa, ieee, etc.

Style Name	Description
`numeric`	Numeric citation style, often used in natural sciences
`authoryear`	Author-year citation style, common in humanities
`alphabetic`	Similar to `authoryear`, uses alphabetic labels
`authortitle`	Author-title citation style
`numeric-comp`	Compact numeric citation style
`authoryear-comp`	Compact author-year citation style
`apa`	APA citation style
`chicago-authordate`	Chicago Author-Date citation style
`ieee`	IEEE citation style
`nature`	Nature-like citation style
`science`	Science-like citation style

Define the style in the LaTeX document: In the preamble of your LaTeX/Overleaf document, load the BibLaTeX package with the desired bibliographic style:

\usepackage[style=<style>]{biblatex}

Import the .bib.file File:

\addbibresource{<bib-file>.bib}

Run LaTeX, BibLaTeX, and LaTeX Again: After making these changes, compile your document with LaTeX, then run BibLaTeX, and finally compile again with LaTeX to ensure all references and citations are resolved.