Enter a DOI, PubMed ID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv ID, ISSN, or ADS bibcode. Download an RIS file you can import into Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, or any reference manager.
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RIS is a tag-based text format for exchanging bibliographic references between software. Each line starts with a two-letter tag (TY, AU, TI, etc.) followed by two spaces, a hyphen, a space, and the value. An entry ends with ER -.
The format was originally developed by Research Information Systems (hence the name) and is now the most widely supported interchange format across reference managers. If you are not sure which format a tool or reference manager expects, RIS is usually the safest bet.
Enter any of the following scholarly identifiers and the tool will resolve the full bibliographic metadata and generate an RIS record.
| Type | Example | Source |
|---|---|---|
| DOI | 10.1038/nature12373 | CrossRef, publishers |
| PMID | 23831765 | PubMed / NCBI |
| PMCID | PMC3737249 | PubMed Central |
| arXiv ID | 2209.14430 | arXiv.org |
| ISBN | 978-0-306-40615-7 | Books |
| ISSN | 0028-0836 | Journals (print) |
| eISSN | 2050-084X | Journals (electronic) |
| ADS bibcode | 2023Natur.615..123W | NASA Astrophysics Data System |
Each resolved identifier produces an RIS record like the one below. The record type (e.g. JOUR for journal articles, BOOK for books) is inferred from the resolved metadata.
TY - JOUR AU - Watanabe, K. TI - Title of the paper JO - Nature VL - 615 SP - 123 EP - 130 PY - 2023 DO - 10.1038/s41586-023-05881-4 ER -
Common tags include AU (author), TI (title), JO (journal), VL (volume), SP/EP (start/end page), PY (year), and DO (DOI). Fields vary depending on the publication type and what metadata is available.
RIS is the most universally supported bibliographic interchange format. You can import .ris files into:
.ris files directly.If your reference manager is not listed, try importing the .ris file anyway - almost every tool that handles bibliographic data supports the format.
Yes. Enter one identifier per line. The tool will resolve each one and return all RIS records in a single block, ready to copy or download as a .ris file.
Both are text-based interchange formats for bibliographic references. BibTeX is native to LaTeX and uses curly-brace syntax; RIS uses tagged lines and is more universal across non-LaTeX tools. If you use LaTeX or Overleaf, go with BibTeX. For everything else - Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, RefWorks - RIS is the safer choice.
Check that you have entered a valid DOI (starting with 10.), PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv ID, ISSN, or ADS bibcode. The tool resolves identifiers against CrossRef, PubMed, PubMed Central, OpenLibrary, arXiv, and NASA ADS. If the upstream database is temporarily unavailable, try again in a moment.
Yes. No account required. Nothing you enter is stored.