EndNote

Why choose EndNote?

Your research deserves a reliable, all-in-one solution. EndNote supports you at every stage of the research and writing process, helping you save time and stay focused on your ideas. Eliminate hours of reference collection and citation formatting while staying organized and ready to publish.

EndNote combines all the essential features to streamline your research and boost your productivity:

A powerful tool for online research

Connect directly from EndNote to hundreds of online databases (PubMed, Library of Congress, Ovid, OCLC, SilverPlatter and many French-language databases) to search, using filters. Import your references and full-text articles directly into your local library and set up automatic PDF imports to effortlessly enrich your collection.

Smart reference organization

EndNote includes advanced reference management tools: automatic sorting, term lists, duplicate detection and merging, full-text linking, and group-based organization. Your references are structured, prioritized and intelligently connected.
You can also read, annotate, and search your PDFs directly within your library, and attach various file formats (BMP, TIFF, JPEG, MS Excel, Adobe Photoshop, ChemDraw, etc.).

A fast and efficient tool for writing your bibliographies

EndNote integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Word^®, Apple Pages and OpenOffice.org’s Writer.
With the Cite While You Write™ feature, insert references and figures into your documents without interrupting your writing. Citations are automatically formatted, and bibliographies are generated instantly.

Great support for writing “ready-to-publish” articles

EndNote provides you with more than 7,500 bibliographic styles corresponding to major scientific journals. Use predefined templates or create your own to format your references. The predefined article templates for Microsoft Word^® make it easier to comply with bibliographic style, structure, and formatting instructions.

What’s New in EndNote 2025

With EndNote 25, your research becomes faster, smarter and more precise.

This new version introduces powerful artificial intelligence tools to help you better manage your resources, write more efficiently, and publish more quickly, while enhancing your reference management features.

Key AI-Powered New Features

• Intelligent summarization powered by AI – AI Key Takeaway

Instantly access the key points of your articles and PDF files with Key Takeaways, the generative AI tool integrated into EndNote.

Optimize your research time by quickly extracting essential insights to speed up your literature analysis.

• Journal Recommendation – Find a Journal

Identify the best-fit journals to publish your research with Find a Journal, the smart tool built into EndNote.

Analyze key elements of your paper and receive accurate recommendations directly within your writing environment using Cite While You Write™.

• Coming soon (Fall 2025)

1. AI Outline Generator
Automatically generate a structured outline based on your paper’s topic with this AI-powered authoring tool designed to support your writing workflows.

2. AI Research Assistant
Interact with your documents using natural language questions. Get instant answers and extract relevant insights directly from your files.

Additional Enhancements for a Better Experience

EndNote 25 also introduces several practical updates to streamline your daily workflow:

• Citation Insertion from PDF: Easily insert citations directly from your annotated PDF documents.

• Improved Reference Updating and Full-Text Search: Effortlessly update your references and locate full-text articles faster.

• New Summary Panel: View key reference details in a modernized, organized, and customizable format.

• Web of Science citing articles and related records: Identify who is citing your sources and explore related articles from one of the most trusted databases in the world, Web of Science.

Configuration

Microsoft Windows

• Microsoft Windows 10 or 11
• Processor 1 Gigahertz (GHz) or faster (x86-bit or x64-bit)
• 600 MB available disk space
• Minimum 2 GB RAM

Word processing compatibility

• Microsoft Word [CWYW] for Windows: 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, Office 365 (desktop version only)
• Apache OpenOffice [CWYW] for Windows: 3.x, 4.x
• LibreOffice [CWYW] for Windows: 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x (32-bit)
• CWYW integration: Wolfram Mathematica 8
• CWYW integration: WPS Office

An internet connection is required to register online, search databases, retrieve full text, and update references.

Apple MacOS

• MacOs 10.14 to 10.15
• Intel-based or Apple Silicon Macintosh
• 700 MB available disk space
• Minimum 2 GB RAM

Word processing compatibility

• Microsoft Word [CWYW] for macOS: 2016, 2019, 2021, Office 365 (desktop version only)
• CWYW integration: Apple® Pages
• CWYW integration: Wolfram Mathematica 8
• Paper format support – Word processors saving to .rtf:
  – Apple iWork Pages: versions 1, 2.x, 3.x, 4.x
  – TextEdit (macOS supported versions)
  – Apache OpenOffice: versions 1, 2.x, 3.x
  – Nissus Writer (supported macOS version)
  – Mellel: versions 1, 2.x
• Paper format support – Word processors saving to .odt:
  – Apache OpenOffice: versions 1, 2.x, 3.x

An internet connection is required for online registration, searching databases and full-text access, and updating references.

Cloud EndNote

Supported browsers for EndNote Web (*):

• Firefox® 27 or higher
• Safari® 5.0 or higher
• Chrome® 31 or higher

Supported browsers for Capture tool (**):

• Firefox® 27 or higher
• Safari® 5.0 or higher
• Chrome® 31 or higher

(*) Compatible with both macOS and Windows version
(**) JavaScript and cookies must be enabled