BACK ON THE LIST IN 2026
Zotero is an easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research
Website: zotero.org
Ranking in the surveys
Zotero’s highest ranking was 66= in 2008
| 2026: 100 | 2025: – | 2024: – | 2023: 92 | 2022: – | 2021: 260 | 2020: 158 | 2019: 178 | 2018: – | 2017: – |
| 2016: – | 2015: – | 2014: – | 2013: – | 2012: – | 2011: 82= | 2010: – | 2009: – | 2008: 66= | 2007: 72= |
Comments on Zotero in 2026
“Zotero is a reference manager and has been my go-to for academic references for a long while. I can be viewing a scholarly journal article, for example, and click on the Zotero button in my toolbar, and it automatically then adds all of the metadata for that source into my Zotero library. And then later on, when I want to write about the sources that I have gathered, it has an add-in inside of Microsoft Word, which I still use for my scholarly writing, and I can easily cite the sources, search for them, create a bibliography off of all of the things that I’ve cited in a particular piece. It makes that all seamless. I also like the way that Zotero easily lets me create collections for groups of people or join other people who are doing the same.” Bonni Stachowiak, Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast Host, USA
Previous comments on Zotero
“It just gets better and better as a database research tool. Unmatched and free.” 2024
“A reference management software, it helps me store articles and books and go through them anytime anywhere. I can also take notes for each articles/books in this app.” Rumana Rafique, Assistant Professor, Bangladesh, 2023
“Organisation of research sources” PhD student, Ireland, 2022
“It may be the best open source tool in the world. It is first and foremost a research database, but it can be a bookmarking tool, too. I have been evangelizing this Bible for years. Why? Because it solves all manner of research problems. Use it.” Terry Elliott, Instructor/Faculty Development, USA, 2020
