Refbase

refbase
refbase index page
Developer	Richard Karnesky Michael Bartz Matthias Steffens
Initial release	October 13, 2002;23 years ago (2002-10-13)
Stable release	0.9.6 / November 14, 2021;4 years ago (2021-11-14)
Repository	svn.code.sf.net/p/refbase/code/
Written in	PHP
Operating system	Cross-platform
Available in	French, English, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), German, Japanese, Russian
Type	Reference management software
License	GPL
Website	refbase

refbase is a web-based institutional repository and reference management software written in PHP and using MySQL as a back-end database. It is available under the terms of the GPL license and its packages are featured in the official repositories of Gentoo Linux and Mandriva Linux.

refbase can be used to collect and share digital copies of publications such as an academic institution's research output. ^[1] refbase has also been used as a publication archive, for example, the Washington State University did use refbase to provide access to its collection of the Pullman Herald newspaper. ^[2]

refbase has been cited as one of the first web-based open-source tools to facilitate collaborative reference management. ^[3]

Features

• Import/export of multiple bibliographic formats, including BibTeX, EndNote, RIS, ISI, MODS XML, PubMed, Medline, RefWorks, and Copac.
• Generating formatted bibliographies and citations in LaTeX, RTF, HTML, and PDF.
• Advanced search features and generation of RSS feeds from searches.
• Adding links using DOIs and URLs as well as links to files.
• Support for Search/Retrieve via URL (SRU) and OpenSearch web services.
• Support for COinS and unAPI metadata.

See also

• Free and open-source software portal

• Comparison of reference management software
• List of free and open source software packages

References

1. Velmurugan, Chandran; Radhakrishnan, Natarajan (December 2014). "Institutional Repositories Software for Digital Libraries in the Digital Environment". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Consortium (IJMC). 1 (3): 131. ISSN   2349-073X . Retrieved 19 December 2025.
2. Coombs, Karen A.; Hollister, Amanda J. (2010). Open Source Web Applications for Libraries. Medford, N.J.: Information Today, Inc. pp. 180–183. ISBN   978-1-57387-400-7.
3. Heller, Lambert (August 2007). "Bibliographie und Sacherschließung in der Hand vernetzter Informationsbenutzer". Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis (in German). 31 (2). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter: 165. doi:10.34657/13537. ISSN   0341-4183 . Retrieved 13 December 2025.

External links

• Official refbase website
  • refbase users Archived 2007-02-17 at the Wayback Machine (including databases which have 10,000 records for atom probe, cephalopods, conservation science, marine and polar science)
• SourceForge project page