Citavi Explained

Citavi
Screenshot Size:270px
Developer:Swiss Academic Software GmbH
Latest Release Version:6.18.0.1
Latest Release Date:16 February 2024
Operating System:Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008
Language:English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
Genre:Reference management
License:Proprietary
Website:Citavi website

Citavi is a reference management and knowledge organization program for Microsoft Windows published by Swiss Academic Software in Wädenswil, Switzerland. Citavi is widely used in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland,[1] with site licenses at most universities,[2] many of which offer training sessions and settings files for Citavi.

In February of 2021, Swiss Academic Software was bought by QSR International.

In 2022, with the financial backing of TA Associates (a private equity firm), QSR International joined forces with two partners, Palisade and Addinsoft, to found Lumivero, a new data analytics software platform.[3]

Versions

Citavi began as a reference management program called LiteRat, developed at the Heinrich Heine University in 1995, and considered version 1.0.[4] The first version to bear the Citavi name was released as Citavi 2. Version 3 was released in November 2010 and was the first version with a user interface in English. Since version 4, released in April 2013, it is possible to switch between English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish.[5] Citavi 5 was released in April 2015, with editions for single users and teams. In February 2018, Citavi 6 adds the features to save projects in the Citavi Cloud and to share them with other users with differentiated access rights.

Citavi can be used in a virtual machine on Linux or Mac OS.[6] Swiss Academic Software discontinued development for an OS X native application in 2011.[7]

Since 2022, a new version for the web (Citavi Web) is available and makes it possible to be completely free of the operating system:[8] only an Internet browser is needed to access the trial version (30-day trial with 1 Gb of data space available in the Citavi Cloud).

Products

Features

Citavi's core features are reference management, knowledge organization, and task planning. Citavi's integrated quick help in context is backed up by online help tools including an online manual, an email tutorial, videos, an actively managed user forum and, for users with a license, personal support.[9]

Reference management

Knowledge organization

Task planner

Compatibility

Citavi can export data in different formats to other reference management programs,[18] and Citavi can import references from other reference management programs, either directly, as from EndNote or BibTeX, or with an import filter or via a RIS export file, as from Mendeley, ProCite, Reference Manager, RefMe, RefWorks, Zotero, and others.[19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Stöhr. Matti. Bibliothekarische Dienstleistungen für Literaturverwaltung: Eine vergleichende Analyse des Angebots wissenschaftlicher Bibliotheken unter besonderer Berücksichtigungn der Nutzerperspektive. Berliner Handreichungen zur Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft. 2010. 283. 244. 17 February 2014. Konrad. Umlauf. Library Services for Reference Management: A comparative analysis of the offerings of scholarly libraries under particular consideration of the user's perspective.. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft. Berlin. German. 1438-7662.
  2. Web site: Existing Site Licenses. Citavi website. Swiss Academic Software. 27 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Lumivero strategically combines QSR International, Palisade and Addinsoft – Lumivero . Lumivero . Lumivero . 2022 . 3 November 2022 .
  4. Web site: LiteRat . 23 August 2016 . German . 2 January 2015. Swiss Academic Software . LiteRat und Citavi .
  5. Web site: Citavi in Detail - Customizing Citavi - Changing the Language . Swiss Academic Software . Citavi 6 Manual . 6 July 2018 . 6 July 2018 .
  6. Web site: Installing Citavi and Checking for Updates - Installing Citavi - Installing on a Mac. Citavi 6 Manual. Swiss Academic Software. 6 July 2018. 6 July 2018.
  7. Web site: Citavi Forum - About Citavi for Mac. Citavi Forum. Swiss Academic Software. 23 August 2016 . 16 September 2011.
  8. Web site: Citavi Web is here Citavi – Reference Management and Knowledge Organization . Citavi Team . citavi.com . 11 October 2022. 3 November 2022 .
  9. Web site: Citavi website. Citavi Support. Swiss Academic Software. 23 August 2016 . 8 March 2016.
  10. Web site: Search the World. Citavi website. Swiss Academic Software. 21 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150424032324/http://www.citavi.com/en/features.html#search. 24 April 2015. dead.
  11. Web site: Citavi becomes WorldCat traffic partner. OCLC. 18 February 2014.
  12. Web site: Add References With the Picker. Citavi website. Swiss Academic Software. 21 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150424032324/http://www.citavi.com/en/features.html#references. 24 April 2015. dead.
  13. Web site: Lecture Notes of the course Reference Management with Citavi - Advanced Course . Technische Universität München, Universitätsbibliothek . mediaTUM - digital collection management at TUM . 1 August 2016 . 23 August 2016 . 32 . PDF; 2.15 MB.
  14. Web site: Create Bibliographies. Citavi website. Swiss Academic Software. 21 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150424032324/http://www.citavi.com/en/features.html#bibliography. 24 April 2015. dead.
  15. Web site: Lecture Notes of the course Reference Management with Citavi - Advanced Course . Technische Universität München, Universitätsbibliothek . mediaTUM - digital collection management at TUM . 1 August 2016 . 23 August 2016 . 30 . PDF; 2.15 MB.
  16. Web site: Citavi 3 beta now available, includes outlining (sort of). OutlinerSoftware.com. 14 February 2011.
  17. Web site: Plan Tasks. Citavi website. Swiss Academic Software. 21 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150424032324/http://www.citavi.com/en/features.html#tasks. 24 April 2015. dead.
  18. Web site: Citavi in Detail - Exporting References . Citavi 6 Manual. Swiss Academic Software. 6 July 2018 . 6 July 2018.
  19. Web site: Citavi in Detail - Importing References - Importing from Other Reference Management Programs . Citavi 6 Manual. Swiss Academic Software. 6 July 2018 . 2018-07-05.