Zotero
Reviews
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Rank in Reference Management
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Adoption by company size
| Segment | Share of reviews |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 39.8% |
| Mid-Market | 26.5% |
| Enterprise | 33.7% |
Quarterly history
| Quarter | Reviews | Star rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 2025 Q4 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 2026 Q1 | 1 | 5.0 |
Satisfaction ratings
What reviewers say
Transforms Reading and Reference Management for Researchers
“Zotero has made reading scientific papers on my computer much more enjoyable. I really appreciate being able to highlight both text and figures, and then export my annotations. Sharing these notes is also very important to me. In addition to these features, Zotero serves as an ex”
This is very useful software for writers or any Ph.D. candidate.
“I am a scholar of literature, and Zotero helps me in many ways in my writing. such as reference management, automatic citation and bibliography generation, tagging and categorization, advanced searching, and many other features that are yet to be discovered.”
Great citation manager/organizing my papers
“I am a PhD student so I often write papers where I need to manage my citations, but I also use Zotero so I can sync my readings across devices (my desktop computer on campus vs my personal laptop). I love that I can integrate Zotero with Word and Google Docs and that I can take n”