JabRef 2.8 Beta 2 / 2.7.2

JabRef is a graphical frontend to manage BibTeX databases, the standard LaTeX bibliography reference format.

JabRef merges and extends the functionalities of JBibtexManager (Nizar Batada) and BibKeeper (Morten O. Alver).

JabRef is an open source bibliography reference manager. The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format.

Here are some key features of "JabRef":

· Detailed editing of BibTeX entries.
· Search functions - Search a pattern in the whole bibliography.
· Classification of entries - You can group entries explicitly, by keywords or any other fields.
· Import of various formats - BibTeXML, CSA, Refer/Endnote, ISI Web of Science, SilverPlatter, Medline/Pubmed (xml), Scifinder, OVID, INSPEC, Biblioscape, Sixpack, JStor and RIS.
· Built-in and custom export formats - HTML, Docbook, BibTeXML, MODS, RTF, Refer/Endnote and OpenOffice.org.
· Customization of BibTeX fields - You can add your own fields to any BibTeX entry type.
· Customization of the JabRef interface - Fonts, displayed fields, etc
· Integrates to your environment - Launch external applications: PDF/PS viewers, web browser, insert citations into LyX, Kile and WinEdt
· Automatic Key generation - Search Medline, Citeseer, IEEEXplore and arXiv
· Support for XMP Metadata in PDFs - Improve the workflow of sharing PDFs and bibliography information

Requirements:

· Java 1.5 or later.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Improvements to SQL export and import. Fixed bug where subsequent exports to same database would fail. Can now save multiple bib bases to a single SQL database.
· "abbr" modifier in BibTeX key generator now skips parentheses.
· Minor change to FirstPage formatter. Now splits at spaces as well as hyphens, and returns original field content if only one page number is found.
· When using the preferences import command line option, preferences are now imported before load/import/export operations are handled.
· Applied Nicolas Pavillon's patch for proper keystroke handling on Mac OS X.
· Applied Ivanilton Polato's patch for handling multi-line fields in CSV export.
· Fixed bug: "Send as Email" did not handle absolute paths correctly.
· Fixed bug 3472991: Search: "Highlight Words" inconsistent.
· Fixed bug 2933201: Exporting InProceedings to Word 2007.
· Fixed bug 3146059: Error in translating author field to MS Office.
· Fixed bug: entering field names containing capital letters in table columns tab in Pref...