Enter a DOI, PubMed ID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv ID, ISSN, ADS bibcode, or paper URL. Download an RIS file you can import into Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, or any reference manager. Paste multiple identifiers (one per line) to generate a complete .ris file in one go.
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Each resolved identifier produces an RIS record. The record type (e.g. JOUR for journal articles, BOOK for books, GEN for preprints) is inferred from the resolved metadata.
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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 -
Conference papers, theses, and other publication types are mapped to the correct RIS record type automatically. 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 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.
See the RIS entry in our glossary.
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 |
| Paper URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/... | Publisher sites (.gov, .edu, etc.) |
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.
Not sure what identifier you have? Run it through the Identifier Detector first, or look up the metadata to verify before exporting.