Repo Review: Zotero
Writing scientific articles is a pain. But it doesn't have to be. Of course, the level of complexity of a scientific article is quite high, but information technology is there to help us. It was with this in mind that Zotero was created, a free software that helps with the tedious and difficult task of writing scientific articles.
What is Zotero?
Zotero is free and open source reference management software designed to help researchers collect, organize, cite and share their research sources. It is widely used by academics, students and professionals to simplify the process of managing bibliographic information.
It was originally created at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University and, as of 2021, is being developed by the Corporation for Digital Scholarship, a non-profit organization.
Zotero is software made up of 3 parts: the document and scientific reference manager program, the browser plugin (Chrome or Firefox, I use LibreWolf) and an addon for the text editor, either Libreoffice or MS Word.