| Developer(s) | Research Information Systems, later acquired by Thomson ISI ResearchSoft |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1984 |
| Stable release | 12
/ 02-09-2008 |
| Operating system |
|
| Available in | English |
| Type | Reference management |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
Reference Manager[1][2][3] was the first commercial reference management software package sold by Thomson Reuters. It was the first commercial software of its kind,[4] originally developed by Ernest Beutler and his son, Earl Beutler, in 1982 through their company Research Information Systems. Offered for the CP/M operating system, it was ported to DOS and then Microsoft Windows and later the Apple Macintosh. Research Information Systems was acquired by Thomson Business Information (later Thomson Reuters) in 1994. Subsequently, Thomson acquired EndNote and ProCite, the other two leading bibliographic management programs. Rich Niles, founder of EndNote, joined Thomson Reuters as head of that division, and put all development focus on EndNote. Sales of Reference Manager continued until December 31, 2015, and support ended on December 31, 2016.
- ^ Beutler, E. (1987-08-21). "Reference manager". Science. 237 (4817): 824. Bibcode:1987Sci...237..824B. doi:10.1126/science.237.4817.824. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17771371.
- ^ van Gijn, J.; Overbeke, A. J. (1998-03-28). "[Reference manager: a personal database on literature for consultation and word processing]". Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde. 142 (13): 724–733. ISSN 0028-2162. PMID 9623148.
- ^ Matus, N.; Beutler, E. B. (June 1989). "REFERENCE UPDATE and REFERENCE MANAGER: personal computer programs for locating and managing references". BioTechniques. 7 (6): 636–639. ISSN 0736-6205. PMID 2698652.
- ^ Schmid, K.; Böhmer, G. (January 1987). "Reference master: A microcomputer-based storage and retrieval system for bibliographic references". International Journal of Bio-Medical Computing. 20 (1–2): 107–121. doi:10.1016/0020-7101(87)90019-5. ISSN 0020-7101. PMID 3549574.