JabRef is an open-source cross-platform graphical frontend to manage BibTeX databases, the standard LaTeX bibliography reference format. It compares very favorably with commercial applications. This program also supports the import from many popular formats.

BibTeX is an application and a bibliography file format written by Oren Patashnik and Leslie Lamport for the LaTeX document preparation system. General information about BibTeX.

Bibliographies generated by LaTeX and BibTeX from a BibTeX file can be formatted to suit any reference list specifications through the use of different BibTeX style files. We support this initiative to build a searchable database of BibTeX style files, organized by journal names: LaTeX bibliography style database.

Here are some key features of "JabRef":

· Advanced BibTeX editor
· Detailed editing of BibTeX entries.
· Search functions
· Search a pattern in the whole bibliography.
· Classification of entries
· You can group entries explicitly, by keywords or any other fields.
· Import of various formats
· BibTeXML, CSA, Refer/Endnote, ISI Web of Science, SilverPlatter, Medline/Pubmed (xml), Scifinder, OVID, INSPEC, Biblioscape, Sixpack, JStor and RIS.
· Built-in and custom export formats
· HTML, Docbook, BibTeXML, MODS, RTF, Refer/Endnote and OpenOffice.org.
· Customization of BibTeX fields
· You can add your own fields to any BibTeX entry type.
· Customization of the JabRef interface
· Fonts, displayed fields, etc
· Integrates to your environment
· Launch external applications: PDF/PS viewers, web browser, insert citations into LyX, Kile and WinEdt
· Automatic Key generation
· Search Medline, Citeseer, IEEEXplore and arXiv
· Support for XMP Metadata in PDFs
· Improve the workflow of sharing PDFs and bibliography information

Requirements:

· Java 1.4.2 or later

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Added mappings for some special characters that need to be sanitized when generating BibTeX keys.
· Added ACM Digital Library fetcher by Aaron Chen.
· Added new entry types (conference, patent, standard, electronic).
· Improvements to IEEEXplore fetcher.
· Added explanatory text to indicate that "ps" and "pdf" files are legacy features.
· Fixed unexpected behaviour of "Open PDF or PS" menu item - now looks in "file" field, and does not launch search for external files.
· Fixed bug 1827568: "Save database" might not store current edit in entry editor.
· Fixed bug 2027944: updating custom export definitions requires restart.