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Plugins for Zotero
An active community of Zotero users has developed a variety of plugins to provide enhancements, new features, and interfaces with other programs. Below is an
incomplete list
To install a plugin in Zotero, download its
.xpi
file to your computer. Then, in Zotero, click “Tools → Plugins” and drag the
.xpi
onto the Plugins window.
Note: For apps and plugins for mobile devices, see
mobile
New Features and Enhancements
Item Metadata Import
Zotero Citation Counts Manager
, by Erik Schnetter.
Look up citation counts from Crossref, Inspire HEP, NASA/ADS, and Semantic Scholar.
Date Grabber
, by Emiliano Heyns.
Tries to set the date from the Last Modified header from the
URL
if the date is not set
Zotero DOI Manager
, by Brenton M. Wiernik.
Look up DOI names from CrossRef automatically.
Automatically retrieve shortDOI names from
and replace them in the Zotero DOI field.
Check DOI validity and mark items with invalid DOIs.
Clean the DOI field (e.g., to remove http://doi.org/).
Zotero Folder Import
, by Emiliano Heyns.
Plugin to import a folder of attachment files from your computer into a Zotero collection hierarchy.
Useful for transitioning to Zotero from a manual folder-based organization system.
INSPIRE Metadata Updater
, by FK Guo
Update metadata from INSPIRE-HEP
Zotero Memento
, by Leon Tran.
Automatically retrieves author ORCID profiles to see related works.
Automatically archives webpages and journals for future viewing.
Replaces all links susceptible to link rot with permanent DOI URLs.
Exports in a variety of formats (MLA, BibTeX, APA, etc.) to represent archival status.
Zotero PMCID Fetcher
, by Emiliano Heyns.
Plugin to fetch PMCID/PMID for items with a DOI.
Zotero PubPeer
, by the PubPeer Foundation.
Plugin to show if references in Zotero have PubPeer comments
Similar to Zotero's built-in integration with Retraction Watch
Scite Zotero Plugin
, by Scite
Plugin to see which references in a library have received a supporting or disputing citation
Attachment File Management
ZotFile
, by Joscha Legewie.
Zotero plugin to automatically rename, move, and attach PDFs (or other files) to Zotero items.
Zotero Storage Scanner
, by Emiliano Heyns.
Scan your Zotero storage folder for missing attachments and possible duplicates
OPDS Server
, by Emiliano Heyns.
Download your attachments into your e-reader using OPDS
Not yet compatible with Zotero 5.0
Zotero OCR
, by Philipp Zumstein
Perform automatic text recognition (OCR) on PDFs with image layer only
Uses Tesseract as OCR engine
Zowie
, by Michael Hucka
Write Zotero select links (
zotero://select
) into PDFs and other attachment files, making it possible to go from a file opened in an external application to the Zotero item corresponding to that file
Open-PDF
, by Emiliano Heyns
Plugin to open PDF in external reader
Zotero Reports
Report Cleaner
, by Jason Priem.
Web form to customize your
Zotero reports
Zotero Report Customizer
, by Emiliano Heyns.
Plugin to customize your
Zotero reports
Interface Tools
Better Notes
, by windingwind
Adds a knowledge management workflow and other note editor enhancements to Zotero
FireTray
, by Francesco Foudil
Adds minimize to system tray functionality for Linux and Windows.
PDF Translate
, by windingwind
Provides PDF translation for the built-in PDF reader in Zotero 6
PDF Preview
, by windingwind
Provides a PDF preview tab in the item pane
ZoteroPreview
, by dcartertod
Adds a preview tab with a citation preview for the particular item in Zotero
Zotero QuickLook
, by Mikko Rönkkö
Zotero plugin adding QuickLook functionality to Zotero.
Zutilo
, by Will Shanks
Adds additional editing functions and exposes Zotero functions for keyboard shortcuts
Library Analysis/Visualization
Cita
, by
Diego de la Hera
and
WikiCite
Adds citation metadata support, with back and forth communication to
WikiData
, citation extraction from file attachments, and local citation network visualization.
Zotero Voyant Export
, by Cora Johnson-Roberson
Visualize your Zotero collections using Voyant.
ZotNet
, by Christy Byrd.
Allows you to create network maps of Zotero items using the Related feature.
Website Integration
WordPress
Zotpress
, by Katie Seaborn.
WordPress plugin to show Zotero citations on WordPress (with an optional thumbnail image).
COinS Metadata Exposer
, by Zotero.
WordPress plugin to embed a COinS tag in each blog post, making metadata visible to Zotero (post title, author, date, blog title, categories, and
URL
).
ScholarPress Coins
, by CHNM.
WordPress plugin to embed a COinS tag in each blog post, making metadata visible to Zotero (post title, author, date, blog title, categories, and
URL
).
COinS WordPress Plugin
, by Peter Binkley.
WordPress plugin to embed a COinS tag to something other than the blog post itself (such as a journal article or book). The COinS entries can be made in the post editor.
WordPress unAPI Server
, by Mike Giarlo and Peter Binkley.
WordPress Plugin to exposes blog metadata via unAPI.
SPIP
ZotSpip
, by Joseph Larmarange.
SPIP plugin to synchronise a Zotero library with SPIP (a content management system). References can be presented in web pages and searched through a dedicated webpage. A complementary plugin (BiblioCheck) allows a research unit to manage corrections to apply to the unit bibliography. (PHP)
Drupal
Biblio Zotero
Drupal module that provides one-way syncing from Zotero to Drupal's biblio module.
Omeka
ZoteroImport
Omeka plugin to import items from Zotero into an Omeka repository.
BibBase
BibBase Zotero Integration
Show any Zotero library, collection, or group on any web site, e.g., your own publications page.
Example.
Flask (Python)
Kerko
Synchronizes with your Zotero library to provide a user-friendly yet powerful search and browsing interface for an online bibliography.
Demo
General
Zot_Bib_Web
, by David Reitter.
Generates interactive web bibliographies based on one or more collections in a Zotero repository. The content generated is static. The program is meant to be run regularly.
Zotsite
, by Paul Landes.
Exports a local Zotero library to an
HTML
website.
View collections, item metadata, notes, and attachment files in convenient layout.
Syncing to the Zotero.org servers is not required.
Word Processor and Writing Integration
Word and LibreOffice
Zotero word processor plugins
, by Zotero.
Cite items from your Zotero library in Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, and Google Docs.
Reference Extractor
, by Rintze Zelle.
Extract embedded Zotero and Mendeley references from Word .docx files for import into Zotero.
Select the items in your Zotero library which have been cited in a Word .docx file.
LaTeX, TeX, and Text Editors
Better BibTeX
, by Emiliano Heyns.
Make Zotero useful for LaTeX holdouts
Enables
integration
with various plain-text editors
LyZ
, by Will Shanks.
Zotero plugin for integration with the LyX TeX editor.
Zot2Bib
, by George MacKerron.
Zotero plugin for integration with the BibDesk bibliographic manager for Mac
OS
X.
zotxt
, by Erik Hetzner.
Cite items from your Zotero library while writing in plain text.
Additional packages:
zot4rst
offers
reStructuredText
integration
zotxt-emacs
offers
Emacs
integration
Brackets Zotero integration
, by Wasif Hasan Baig.
Cite items from your Zotero library in Adobe Brackets.
Relies on the BetterBibTeX plugin.
VS Code Citation Picker for Zotero
, by mblode.
Bring up the Zotero citation picker within VS Code
zotero-find for Emacs
, by Daniel Nicolai
Open attachments from a Zotero database from within Emacs
Pandoc-Zotero Alfred Workflow
, by Chris Grieser
Alfred Workflow (Mac only) to easily integrate Zotero with Pandoc using any markdown editor
Relies on BetterBibTeX plugin.
Statistical Software
RStudio
, by RStudio.
RStudio has native integration with Zotero as part of its Visual Markdown editor.
Works without the BetterBibTeX plugin, but installing BetterBibTeX can permit more control over item citation keys.
Requires RStudio v1.4 or higher. Currently available in the
RStudio Preview release
rbbt
, by Dewey Dunnington, Brenton M. Wiernik.
Integrates R/RStudio with Zotero.
Relies on the BetterBibTeX plugin
In R, run
remotes::install_github("paleolimbot/rbbt")
citr
, by Frederik Aust.
Integrates R/RStudio with Zotero.
Relies on the BetterBibTeX plugin
In R, run
install.packages("citr")
cite2c
, by Thomas Kluyver.
Integrates Python/Jupyter Notebook with Zotero.
Other Programs
Logseq
, by Logseq
Logseq has native integration with Zotero
Works without the Better BibTeX plugin, but installing BBT can permit more control over item citation keys
MarkDB-Connect
, by daeh
Link Zotero items to external Markdown files
Mdnotes for Zotero
, by Argen O.
Export item metadata and notes as Markdown files
Notero
, by David Vanoni
Sync your Zotero items into
Notion
Obsidian citation plugin
, by Jon Gauthier
Cite items from your Zotero library in Obsidian
Relies on the Better BibTeX plugin
ONLYOFFICE plugin
, by ONLYOFFICE
Create bibliographies in ONLYOFFICE editors from items in your Zotero online library
RTF/ODF-Scan for Zotero
, by Frank Bennett, Sebastian Karcher
Enables active citations in any word processor capable of saving/exporting to .odt (e.g., Scrivener, Google Docs)
Step 1: Insert citations in your pord processor of choice
Step 2: Export document to LibreOffice
Step 3: Convert markers to live Zotero citations
Zotexmacs
, by Slowphil
Cite items from your Zotero library in
GNU TeXmacs
, a feature-rich
WYSIWYG
scientific word processor with high-quality typesetting
Takes advantage of the Better BibTeX plugin if installed, but also works without it
Zettlr
, by Hendrik Erz
Zettlr has native integration with Zotero
Relies on the Better BibTeX plugin
zot2indd
, by Kai
Basic implementation of a Zotero to InDesign export, allowing for LaTeX style citations of Zotero items in Adobe's InDesign
Developer Tools
Zotero Client and Plugins
Hello World
, by Zotero.
Sample Zotero plugin.
Scaffold
, by Zotero, Avram Lyon, and Rintze Zelle.
Zotero plugin for
translator development
Plugin scaffold generator
, by Emiliano Heyns.
Yeoman
generator to create a typescript-based plugin scaffold. Includes build scripts and a Travis workflow to publish updatable XPIs as GitHub releases.
CSL Citation Styles
Zotero CSL Style Editor
, by Zotero.
Zotero comes with a basic editor for installed CSL styles.
Shows previews of citations and bibliographies for selected items from your Zotero library.
Access from the Tools menu in Zotero.
CSL Validator
, by Rintze M. Zelle.
Validate edited CSL styles to ensure they are valid CSL.
Citeproc Test Runner
, by Frank Bennett.
A powerful and convenient tool for on-the-fly automatic testing and validation of CSL styles with any editor.
Requires a few tools on the target system (
node.js
mocha
, and
java
), but otherwise installs with a single command.
Desktop and Other Program Integration
ZotHero
, by Dean Jackson.
An
Alfred
workflow for Mac.
Search your library, copy formatted references into any program, and open attachments, all without using a mouse.
Compatible with Zotero 5.0 and Alfred 3.
Zotero Metadata Import for Calibre
, by DaltonST.
A plugin for the
Calibre
ebook manager.
Import Zotero file attachments with metadata into Calibre.
Export Calibre files and metadata to Zotero.
Qnotero
, by Sebastiaan Mathôt.
Access your Zotero library from your desktop.
Not yet compatible with Zotero 5.0
TheBrain export
, by Emiliano Heyns.
Not technically a plugin (it's a translator) but will export your Zotero items in a format that
TheBrain
can import.
Zotodo: Todoist task creation
, by Wil Thomason
Allows customizable automatic creation of
Todoist
tasks for library items. Can be triggered from the context menu or automatically on item import.
Unmaintained
Several Zotero plugins are known to have been abandoned and are incompatible with current versions of Zotero, had their features incorporated into Zotero or other tools natively, or otherwise be unsuitable for general use.
These unmaintained plugins are listed
here
Table of Contents
Plugins for Zotero
New Features and Enhancements
Library Analysis/Visualization
Website Integration
WordPress
SPIP
Drupal
Omeka
BibBase
Flask (Python)
General
Word Processor and Writing Integration
Developer Tools
Desktop and Other Program Integration
Unmaintained
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