Paperpile Reviews

Paperpile is great - convenient and easy to use. I love that it can automatically change the reference style with zero effort and it can find the paper I want to cite by title DOI, link, whatever I throw at it. I reecently stumbled on a bug after Google updated - the Paperpile support team were really responsive, provided a work around and then got back to me when they had patched the software. Overall, just a stellar experience and I'll be using Paperpile for years to come.

Nothing much to dislike. Every now and then it'll import the citation information from teh paper incorrectly but given the vast array of different formats that academic papers come in, I find this a negligible problem

Quick and easy referecing while writing academic papers. Allows me to focus on the actual research rather than fiddling around with references and potentially muddling them up.

The workflow is so good:

- Browser extension just *works* making it easy to import citations and PDFs

- PDF annotation tool is great

- Support people are AMAZING!

Paperpile has transformed my ability to reference papers, websites, books etc. I am farly tech-savvy but I find all the popular bibliography tools almost impossible to use. I simply do not understand how they work and I just end up frustrated. Paperpile is super intuitive. Within minutes I had a system that I could use, and a bibliography that I could build. I use it on Chrome (Mac and iOS), and write on Word. It is so intuitive, with pdf annotation as well. Support is responsive, personal and friendly. MY BIG TIP - sign on with your personal email, not your work email - you will want this with you for life, even if you change jobs! Bravo Paperpile.

Occasionally the 'search for pdf' is a bit hit and miss. But if you have favourite pdfs stored on your hard drive, you can just upload them very easily.

MY BIG TIP - sign on with your personal email, not your work email - you will want this with you for life, even if you change jobs! Bravo Paperpile.

Life changing for my PhD.

I can't say enough!

- seamless and thorough integration with Google Docs and Google Drive

- in-app annotations on PDFs (especially amazing when using Apple Pencil and the iPad app!)

- easy organization and search

Paperpile is easy to use and help organise your sources in a good manner.

Using numeric referencing on paper pile is quite complicated.

It helps me generate automatic references, annotates texts and export electronic notes.

Paperpile is easy to use on a Chromebook with web access, chrome extension, Google Docs add-on, and an iOS/Android app. Basically, it's the only reference manager that is usable in the Chromebook/ Android ecosystem. It's also just really intuitive and does so much for you.

I'd like a few more features on the Android app.

My assignment reference lists are amazing now. Also, I can use Paperpile to manage my reading list and notes.

Ease of integration with Google Drive, clever gathering of data behind the scenes and a simple institutional proxy integration which makes it so simple to read papers behind firewalls.

some fo the tagging and organising tools could be better

Reference management & linking to my

As soon as I saw my first ad for Paperpile I subscribed and have been very happy with it ever since. It is fully integrated into Google Docs, which I use for all of my manuscript and grant writing. It has a full suite of formatting options for all journals I have needed. There is also a mobile app available, so I can add papers via my computer then access them via a mobile device to read.

It uses space in my Google drive and some of the PDFs can be quite large. It also sometimes stops working but after reloading the browser it will work again.

It allows me to be very flexible and through integration, with Google Docs I can switch between computers and operating systems. I often will work on a Linux computer at work and a MacBook at home. I have no issues with this switch because everything is integrated into a Chrome browser. Paperpile also makes it easy to share citations and PDFs with my students and colleagues.

Paperpile allows seamless organization of academic articles from the web with Google products, including Google docs, along with Word. I am impressed most by the time to annotation. Within seconds, I can pull an article, add it to my library, and start highlighting and writing notes that are saved indefinitely. Articles can also be downloaded and are actually already named in a reasonable way, which saves time and effort. Paperpile also does not require any downloaded app for use. It is a website that is easily accessible from any computer. The software has improved my efficiency with making notes on papers in an organized fashion and then adding citations. It is both a reference manager and a complete library of files. Anyone who has a Gmail account can easily use Paperpile. In addition, the support staff are fantastic in terms of quickly and courteously responding to questions. It feels very personal.

The Paperpile staff is working hard to be able to search the entire library for keywords and phrases, which is currently an option only within an article. I do not really dislike anything else. The software is the best.

How to quickly add files to an online library that can be accessed from anywhere. How to have a reference manager also be a comprehensive library of files. I am benefitting most in terms of ease of use and time saved for searching for and adding files to my subfolders.

I love that our team is able to collaborate on citations in real-time when writing a paper in Google Docs!

It's also incredibly user-friendly and easy to train team members in.

I sometimes encounter resistance when proposing to use Paperpile because it's not as well-known as other citation managers like Endnote or Mendeley- but not a fault of the product itself!

Paperpile saves one person on the team from having to gather and format all the citations when we're collaborating on a paper.