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Speed up your PhD research workflow today. Try Paperpile—a modern reference manager for collecting, organizing, and formatting citations.

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Erin Riley

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Today is my one year anniversary as a @paperpile user. Words cannot express how much you've meant to me. Here's to many more years together.

A. Z. Andis Arietta, PhD

@azandisarietta

Switching to Paperpile as my reference manager was the best decision I made in my PhD and it just got even better now that I can access my entire database from my phone!

Ignacio Ramos-Tapia

@BioNacho1

Today writing my Ph.D. thesis I have realized how I progress using @paperpile compared to other reference management that I used in the past. Only cant say thanks is the best inversion in mi 5 years of PhD 😂

Shefali Christopher

@ironmomPT

After EndNote lost hours of my work @paperpile saved my PhD.

Niko Hensley

@niko_hensley

@paperpile = now making references the easiest part of a PhD, not the hardest #truelove

Ignacio Ramos-Tapia

@BioNacho1

Today writing my Ph.D. thesis I have realized how I progress using @paperpile compared to other reference management that I used in the past. Only cant say thanks is the best inversion in mi 5 years of PhD 😂

Smart and efficient user interface

Smart and efficient UI

Worried that learning how to use a reference manager will take time away from your PhD research? Paperpile’s intuitive interface simplifies reference management. You’ll be collecting and organizing references in no time.

Have a clean and organized research library

Your library will grow quickly during your PhD. Organize your papers with folders, labels, and stars so you can easily find references when writing your thesis.

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Save references instantly

Immediately save an important reference to read later. Paperpile’s Chrome extension makes it a breeze to import reference metadata. Download PDFs to your library with one click.

Access your library wherever you go

Research papers on Google Drive and Android

Read and annotate papers on iOS and Android. Your papers are synced between the web app and all your mobile devices.

Highlight and annotate your PDFs

Highlight and annotate your PDFs

Form a consistent notetaking habit that will stay with you beyond your PhD. Add highlights, notes, and annotations to your papers. Never forget an important idea again.

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Share papers with your collaborators

Share papers

Keep your advisor in the loop. Create shared folders and build your library together. Use private sharing links to share with all of your collaborators—not just Paperpile users.

Reference management for Google Docs and Word

Citations in Google Docs

Have confidence that your thesis citations are formatted correctly in Google Docs and Word. Format your citations and bibliography in one of thousands of citation styles.

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