I found excel as an excellent manager of references if you know how to program it.

And it allows you to create a good database for future publications on the subject.

The search engine of Excel is very easy to use.

Dear Dr. Vishnu Kumar Gupta,

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It is possible to use all the three. But, Zotero has problems due to the number of citations. Lots of citations slow down the document. The problem can be managed by EndNote and Mendeley.

Among them, Mendeley is definitely better than others. It has lot of features and with use of that you can directly import citations from science direct, downloaded paper/books, google scholar etc just with clicks and use directly in your document.

I'm using Mendeley and I'm quite satisfied. If you ensure to control the master data when importing new documents it can be a great tool. Also, it uses DOI to fill out the required information about the paper, but still it needs to be controlled for flaws (but I guess this control is needed no matter what reference tool you are using). A great application is also the automatic formatting to different outlets/journals/publishers and the integration to Microsoft Word works very well.

One con is that it can be difficult to use the tool when writing with others. Here, I usually take control of all references to ensure consistency.

I am also using Mendeley and am very happy with it. One of the most useful elements for me is the "Tags", which allows me to create my own keywords for later searches.

TOTALLY agree with the other responders - with ANY reference manager, you need to check the reference info when you import a new article. Don't assume it is correct!

Another key issue is that if you are linking the entries to files, you need to be sure those files stay in one place! Do not keep them on a jump drive or move them from one folder to another, or Mendeley will not know where to find them.

None of these are "perfect" but probably any one of them will work for you.

I think the EndNote is most effective for thesis writing.

Best wishes

Dear Dr. Beemnet Mengesha Kassahun,

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Dear Dr. Morten Brinch,

Thanks for very detailed & effective expert inputs. Thanks also to spare your precious time for valuable answer.

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Dear Dr. Ellen G. Cohn,

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Dear Dr. Khalid Al-Salhie,

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I tried them all and I recommend EndNote to be the most effective for thesis and article writing (you can do any thing to the references easily).

I found excel as an excellent manager of references if you know how to program it.

And it allows you to create a good database for future publications on the subject.

The search engine of Excel is very easy to use.

if you know how to program use Latex.

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