Citavi is your all-in-one research companion for reference management, knowledge organization, and task planning.
It integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Word for effortless citation and bibliography creation.
Find the right tools for your workflow — from basic to advanced.
| Features | Citavi - Windows + Web | Citavi - Web |
|---|---|---|
| Reference management | ||
| Knowledge organization | ||
| Task planning | ||
| PDF annotation | ||
| Word add-in for citations |
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Developed in collaboration with librarians and research experts
Available in multiple languages with dedicated support for international institutions
Trusted by researchers for 30+ years — the reference management and knowledge organization tool adopted by hundreds of universities worldwide.
Gather, import, and organize references in one place, then capture insights and explore ideas without the friction of managing multiple tools.
Strengthen your critical thinking and reduce overwhelm by turning scattered quotations and ideas into a structured, ready-to-write outline.
Summarize text and find relevant sources faster, so you can spend less time searching and more time interpreting and writing.
Undergraduate and graduate students who need to organize sources, avoid plagiarism, and produce well-referenced academic papers efficiently.
Postdocs and faculty conducting literature reviews, systematic reviews, and research projects requiring rigorous source management.
Educators and information professionals who support research workflows, teach information literacy, and guide students through academic writing.
Collaborative groups who need a shared, structured knowledge base to coordinate literature reviews and multi-author writing projects.
Systematically collect, organize, and synthesize academic sources to build a comprehensive and well-structured literature review.
Manage large reference sets, track inclusion and exclusion criteria, and document your methodology for reproducible systematic reviews.
Structure outlines, connect quotations to arguments, and generate citations automatically across major citation styles.
Build a personal knowledge base by linking references, notes, and ideas into a structured network of connected insights.
Manage hundreds of references and thousands of annotations in a single project, from first source to final submission.
Share reference libraries and notes with team members to coordinate multi-author projects and institutional research programs.
