SciPlore MindMapping For Mac

Are you using mind mapping and reference management tools such as Mind Manager, FreeMind, JabRef, Endnote, or Zotero? And do you sometimes even make use of the bookmark functionality in your PDF Reader? Then you should have a look at SciPlore MindMapping because it aims to integrate mind mapping with reference and pdf management.

SciPlore MindMapping (formerly known as FreeMind Scholar) is a mind mapping tool based on the outstanding FreeMind but focusing on the special needs of researchers. In its current version, SciPlore MindMapping offers two main functions in addition to the extensive functionality of FreeMind.

SciPlore MindMapping allows you to assign BibTeX keys to the mind map's entries. This way you can structure ideas and results of academic articles in a mind map and directly reference to their origins.

The allocation of BibTex keys to the mind map entries may happen even automatically: If you have linked an entry in your mind map to a PDF file and you link to this PDF file in your reference mangement tool, too, FreeMind Scholar automatically assigns the BibTeX key from your reference management software to the mind map entry.

Currently SciPlore MindMapping supports only the BibTeX format (we use JabRef) but the support of other reference management tools such as Endnote and Zotero are on the top of our priority list.

SciPlore MindMapping enables the import of PDF bookmarks via drag & drop. The standard FreeMind only allows to drag & drop complete PDFs into the mind map.

SciPlore MindMapping is developed in Java and should run under Mac OS X, Windows (95, etc., XP, Vista), and Linux.