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Reference Management Tools for Academic Writing

A Comprehensive Guide for EndNote, Mendeley and Zotero

What's New in EndNote 2025

0:58     AI-Powered Research Assistant

1:34     Find a Journal in Word Online

2:07     Cite from PDF

2:33     Summary Panel redesign

2:56     Web of Science Citing Articles

5:02     Enhanced Sync process visibility

5:24     Edit tab and Library Status updates

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EndNote 2025 New Features Highlights

1. Summaries generated by AI

The AI Key Takaway feature accelerates your research discovery and writing process by automatically generating summaries and extracting key insights from articles and PDFs. Refer here for more details.

2. Quote and cite from PDF

You can insert highlighted quotes and corresponding citations from PDFs into a Word document with one click. Refer here for more details.

3. Web of Science Citing Articles

Directly access the article, related records and citating articles from Web of Science.

4. Redesigned Summary Panel

The newly designed Summary Panel allows you to customise the panel display layout.

5. Enhanced Sync process visibility

Sync process becomes smarter with the updated Library Status dialog. You may now view the library details and real-time sync process indicated by the sync status indicators.

6. Expanded capabilities in EndNote Web

Tags and PDF viewer are now available in EndNote Web. You can also use the newly incorporated Research Assistant feature online.

7. Find a Journal feature in Cite While You Write (CWYW) online

The Find a Journal feature is now available in Cite While You Write (CWYW) Word online and Google Docs, replacing the former Manuscript Matcher. It helps identify the most suitable journals for your work based on key elements of your manuscript. Read more details here.

8. Paperpal Preflight Presubmission Check

Accessible via Word Cite While You Write (CWYW) desktop plug-in, you can upload documents and get document's analysis for free. It is optional to download a report with suggestions to the issues with a one-time fee. See more details here.