Scientific Tools

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EndNote

Reference management for collecting sources and inserting citations and bibliographies into manuscripts.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Zotero

An open-source reference manager for collecting, organising, annotating and citing research.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

SumatraPDF

A Windows document reader supporting PDF, e-book and comic-book formats.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

MarginNote

A reading and study application that connects document highlights with mind maps and review cards.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

calibre

A desktop application for managing an e-book collection.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Snipaste

A screenshot utility that can pin captured images back onto the desktop.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

FBReader

An e-book reader available on several desktop and mobile platforms.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Grammarly

A writing assistant for editing and revising text across supported applications.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Hemingway Editor

A text editor focused on making prose clearer and easier to read.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Academic Phrasebank

The University of Manchester resource organises academic phrases by research-paper sections and language functions.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Wordvice AI

A provider of AI-assisted revision tools including editing, translation and paraphrasing.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

waifu2x

An image-processing project providing image enlargement and noise-reduction options.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Bigjpg

An image-enlargement service using neural-network processing for artwork and photographs.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Dataiku

A platform for organising data and AI workflows with collaboration and governance features.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

KNIME

A visual workflow platform for building data-analysis and data-science processes.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

MindNode

A tool for developing ideas as mind maps and outlines.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Bubbl.us

A web-based mind-mapping service with collaboration and presentation features.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Text2MindMap

A project that turns an indented text outline into a mind map.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

DeepL

A language platform offering translation products and integration options.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Trello

A board-based service for organising tasks and project work.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Asana

A work-management service for organising team projects and workflows.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Basecamp

A collaboration service that brings project communication and work organisation together.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Redmine

An open-source web application for project and issue tracking.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Import.io

A provider of web-data extraction and related data services.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Octoparse

A visual web-data extraction platform with no-code workflow options.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

ParseHub

A web-scraping product for extracting information from web pages.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Web Scraper

A web-data extraction provider offering scraping workflows and cloud infrastructure.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Rytr

An AI writing assistant offering drafting, rewriting and language-editing features.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Easygenerator

A course-authoring product for creating organisational learning material.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Coassemble

A course-creation platform that can turn documents or prompts into structured training material.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Excalidraw

A collaborative whiteboard for sketching diagrams with a hand-drawn visual style.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13

Lex

An AI-assisted collaborative writing editor; its official page currently states that it is not accepting new customers.

Primary source reviewed · 2026-10-13