EndNote 20 Comparisons
- What's new in EndNote 20
- Compare EndNote versions X8, X9 and 20
- Compare EndNote 20 Desktop, EndNote Online for desktop users (Premium version), EndNote Online Basic (free limited version) and EndNote Online with Web of Science (WoS) subscription.
- Compare EndNote versions X6, X7, X8 and X9
- Compare EndNote versions X4, X5, X6 and X7
- Compare Reference Manager, EndNote basic and EndNote X9
What's new in EndNote 20
Accelerate your research with EndNote 20
Working from a previous version? Compare features and see the difference.
Begin with EndNote 20
Power your organization's research with a robust system you can count on. The same power and flexibility researchers trust, modernized for ease of use. With the new version of EndNote, your organization benefits from:
New design
Prepare manuscripts and manage bibliographies with an intuitive user interface.
Improved reading & editing
Read and annotate more easily with full-size PDFs, and quickly copy formatted references.
Cite While You Write
Insert in-text citations while creating a bibliography in Microsoft® Word.
7.000+ reference styles
Build a bibliography in over 7.000 styles, or customize a new style.
Compare EndNote versions X8, X9, and 20
Working from a previous EndNote version? | X8 | X9 | 20 |
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User interface | |||
Redesigned modern interface | ✓ | ||
Reference summary which puts critical information first | ✓ | ||
Redesigned easy search experience | ✓ | ||
Redesigned PDF viewer with annotation tools | ✓ | ||
Open references and groups in individual tabs | ✓ | ||
Web of Science integrations | |||
Get Manuscript Matcher suggestions directly from Cite While You WriteTM and desktop | ✓ | ✓ | |
Create a Citation Report from EndNote desktop with your Web of Science subscription | ✓ | ✓ | |
Share | |||
Share your entire library with read-only or read-and-write access | ✓ | ✓ | |
Share your entire library with others | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Activity feed with shared library member activity | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Automation and full text management | |||
Deduplication by DOI and/or PMCID | ✓ | ||
Automatically find and apply bulk reference updates | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Imports PDF files found by EndNote Click | ✓ | ✓ | |
Find full text with one click | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Extraction of DOIs and other embedded metadata from imported PDFs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Auto-import of PDFs from a folder | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Automatically create groups when importing folders and subfolders of PDFs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
EndNote online | |||
Cross-platform library syncing across desktop, online, and iPad | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Unlimited storage space for full text and file attachment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Unlimited number of references in EndNote online | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Cite | |||
Hyperlinked in-text citations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Search across external databases | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Customize citation styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Compare EndNote 20, Online for desktop users (Premium), Basic (Free Version) and Online with Wos
Feature | EndNote 20 | EndNote Online for desktop users (Premium) | EndNote Basic (free limited version) | EndNote Online with WoS |
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Version details | Available for Windows and Mac users | Available for Windows and Mac users | Available for Windows and Mac users | Available for Windows and Mac users |
How to get it | Available for personal use; pricing discounts for multi copy purchases; Site wide licenses available for entire institutions/ organizations. Learn more | With EndNote desktop purchase, initial sign in/sign up done from within desktop, then log in | Free to anyone | Navigate from within Web of Science |
Integrated with MS Word | Yes, via Cite While You Write plugin | Yes, via optional Cite While You Write plugin | Yes, via optional Cite While You Write plugin | Yes, via optional Cite While You Write plugin |
Sharing References | Share a library as read & write or read-only with up to 400 other X7, X8 or X9 users / have unlimited number of as read & write or read-only libraries shared to you by X7, X8 or X9 users | Share a group with up to 1.000 other EndNote Online users | Share a group with up to 1.000 other EndNote Online users | Share a group with up to 1.000 other EndNote Online users |
# of bibliographic citation styles | 7.000+ predefined; plus create your own | 7.000+ predefined | Top 21 most commonly used styles | 7.000+ predefined; EndNote Online Site Administrators can share custom styles with entire site |
Installation required | ✓ | Browser Add-on downloads | Browser Add-on downloads | Browser Add-on downloads |
Operating System | Mac OS X & Win | Win, Mac OS X & Linux | Win, Mac OS X & Linux | Win, Mac OS X & Linux |
One-click Find full text | ✓ | |||
Format bibliographies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Online database searching | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Number of file formats accepted from other online database providers (for reference import) / Filters | Over 650 | Over 500 | 3 | Over 500 |
Online Search Options/ Connection Files | Over 4.000 (may require access through data provider) | Over 1.400 (may require access through data provider) | 5 | Over 1.400 (may require access through data provider) |
Custom options to add additional database providers | ✓ | Yes, EndNote Online Site Administrators can share custom connections with entire site | ||
File Attachment Storage | Unlimited | Unlimited | 2 GB | 2 GB |
Reference Storage | Unlimited | Unlimited | 50.000 | 50.000 |
Max # of fields per reference | 56 | 53 | 53 | 53 |
Max # of Reference Types | 58 | 48 | 48 | 48 |
Create group sets (headings user can arrange groups under) | ✓ | |||
Create smart groups (based on a search of EndNote library that automatically updates) | ✓ | |||
Create combined groups (based on a search of the contents of other groups) | ✓ | |||
Change case (change capitalization of selected text) | ✓ | |||
Find and replace | ✓ | |||
Change, move, or copy fields | ✓ | |||
Search by field | ✓ | |||
Access from any Internet browser | N/A | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Email reference and attached PDF | ✓ | |||
Spell check | Yes (individual records only) | |||
Format Paper | ✓ | ✓ | Author Date | |
Sort library | Yes (by up to 5 fields, and select language options) | Yes (a limited set of field options and no language options) | Yes (a limited set of field options and no language options) | Yes (a limited set of field options and no language options) |
Customize display options | ✓ | |||
Customize duplicate recognition | ✓ | |||
OpenURL support | Yes (user-defined in preferences) | Yes Desktop: User-defined in preferences Online: submit support ticket to set up for your site | Yes, submit support ticket to set up for your site | |
Composite styles (e.g., ACS with 1a-f) | ✓ | Yes, using X9 Desktop. Online does not have this feature | ||
Bibliographies at end of sections as well as at end of document in Microsoft Word | ✓ | Yes, using X9 Desktop. Online does not have this feature | ||
Hyperlinks between citations and bibliography entries | ✓ | Yes, using X9 Desktop. Online does not have this feature |
Compare EndNote versions X6, X7, X8 and X9
WORKING FROM A PREVIOUS ENDNOTE VERSION? | X6 | X7 | X8 | X9 |
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EndNote Online | ||||
Cross-platform library syncing across desktop, online, iPad® and iPhone® | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Clear and simple Configure Sync option | ✓ | ✓ | ||
New sync configuration options for previous versions and multiple libriaries | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Full text and file attachment storage space | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | |
Number of references in EndNote Online | 50K | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Manuscript matching and publication recommendations | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Share | ||||
Share specific groups using EndNote desktop | ✓ | |||
Share your entire library with read-only or read-and-write access | ✓ | |||
Share your entire library with others | with 14 | with 100 | with 100 | |
Activity feed with shared library member activity | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Learn when new members join the shared library | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Web of Science integrations | ||||
Get Manuscript Matcher suggestions directly from Cite While You Write™ and desktop | ✓ | |||
Create a citation report from EndNote desktop with your Web of Science subscription | ✓ | |||
Automation and Full Text management | ||||
Recently Added Group, customizable and built into each library | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Automatically find and apply bulk reference updates | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Unified iconography across both Mac and Windows | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Find full text with one click | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Extraction of DOIs and other embedded metadata from imported PDFs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Auto-import of PDFs from a folder | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Quick Search with multi-phrase search of all fields, including full text and notes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Automatically create groups when importing folders and subfolders of PDFs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Annotate and highlight PDFs in application | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Search PDF text, notes and annotations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Library systems integration/EZProxy Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Built in PDF viewer with annotation tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Cite | ||||
Subheading and category bibliography options in Cite While You Write™ for Microsoft Word® | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Insert citations and references into PowerPoint* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Hyperlinked In-text citations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Multiple bibliographies in a single document | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Search across external databases | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Library systems integration and EZProxy Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Customize citation styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Customize | ||||
Personalize display of reference ratings and read/ unread status | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Choose how you’d like your PDF’s renamed in your library | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Optimize screen layout options for widescreen or traditional monitors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Field substitutions in styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Advanced reference organization with Smart and Combined Groups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Create or customize your own bibliographic formatting styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Options when saving a compressed copy of library | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Compare EndNote versions X4, X5, X6 and X7
EndNote Online | X4 | X5 | X6 | X7 |
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Synchronize EndNote references and groups across desktop, online and iPad® | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Background syncing | ✓ | |||
Install and sync libraries across Windows® and Mac® platforms | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Free 2-year access to my.endnote.com with advanced features* | ✓ | ✓ | ||
File attachment storage* | 2 GB | 5 GB | 5 GB | Unlimited |
Find full text & PDF auto-import | ||||
PDF auto-import folder | ✓ | |||
Improved Quick Search with multi-phrase search of all fields, including PDF full text and notes | ✓ | |||
Automatically create reference groups when importing folders and subfolders of PDFs | ✓ | |||
Open separate PDF annotion/reference window with a button | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Built-in PDF viewer with annotation tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
One-click Find Full Text with OpenURL and ezProxy support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Customizable features | ||||
Personalize display of ratings and read/unread status | ✓ | |||
Choose how you'd like your PDFs renamed in your library | ✓ | |||
Optimize screen layout options for widescreen or traditional monitors | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Make field substitutions in styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Options when saving a compressed copy of library | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Advanced features | ||||
Free library sharing, unlimited library size, unlimited cloud storage | ✓ | |||
Category bibliography options in Cite While You Write for Microsoft Word | ✓ | |||
Insert citations and references into PowerPoint (Windows only) | ✓ | |||
Cite While You Write support for Apache Open Office | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Hyperlinked in-text citations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multiple bibliographies in a single document | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Auto-reference with redlines | ||||
Reference types for podcast, interview and press release | ✓ | |||
Automatically find reference updates | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Quick Edit tab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |