About Mendeley

Mendeley is a reference manager from Elsevier that helps researchers and students collect papers, organize them and cite them. It is offered as a free all-in-one tool, with desktop and web versions that sync a library across devices.

Users can add PDFs to their library in seconds, organize them with collections and tags, then read, highlight and annotate within the app. Mendeley generates references and citations for writing, and it provides a free storage allowance with paid options for more. The vendor has added AI features that surface patterns, relationships and missing links across a library and answer questions using its contents.

Mendeley is used by researchers and students at universities and institutions. It is a hosted service with desktop apps, and its pricing page covers additional storage plans.