Zotero plugin packs for students and researchers
Five or six plugins for each stage of academic work, from a first essay to a research group. Each plugin is graded B or better after a check of its code, and works with Zotero 10. Every pack has a one-page PDF to print or share.
Undergraduates
Essays, lab reports and a first research project, cited against a deadline.
- ALinter for ZoteroGet citation details right
- A+ZoplicateKeep one copy of each source
- BZotero Reading ListTrack what you've read
- BEasier CitationCite faster in Word
- A+NoteroSend your sources to Notion
- BTranslate for ZoteroRead in your own language
Master's students
A thesis or capstone, with a library that grows to a few hundred sources over a year.
- AZotMoovKeep PDFs in your own cloud folder
- A+ZoplicateKeep one copy of each source
- ALinter for ZoteroClean up references before you submit
- ABetter Notes for ZoteroWrite notes you can find again
- AInciteful Zotero PluginCheck your literature review for gaps
- BZotero Reading ListTrack what you've read
PhD students
Years of reading, thousands of PDFs, and a literature review that has to be complete.
- BBetter BibTeX for ZoteroCite in LaTeX, Overleaf or Markdown
- AZotMoovKeep thousands of PDFs in order
- A+ZoplicateKeep one copy of each source
- ABetter Notes for ZoteroTurn reading into writing
- AInciteful Zotero PluginMap the literature
- AActions and Tags for ZoteroAutomate the routine
Researchers and faculty
Publishing, reviewing and teaching, with a library you share with co-authors and students.
- A+Google Scholar Citation CountSee how often a paper is cited
- BPubpeer Plugin for ZoteroKnow which papers have been questioned
- AInciteful Zotero PluginKeep up with a field
- A+Zutilo Utility for ZoteroEdit a large library quickly
- BBetter BibTeX for ZoteroCite in LaTeX and Overleaf
- BZotero SyllabusShare readings with your students
For librarians and instructors
The packs are free to use in research guides, workshops and orientation materials, under CC BY 4.0 with credit to zoteroplugins.org. Each PDF is one US Letter page and is rebuilt whenever a grade changes, so a link to it never goes stale. Copy a ready-made box for your guide. If your students rely on a plugin that isn't here, or you'd advise against one that is, tell us.
How we pick them
For each task a reader needs done, we choose a plugin graded B or better that works with Zotero 10 and is still maintained, preferring a better grade, then wider use: downloads and GitHub stars. Plugins that download papers from shadow libraries are left out. If a plugin drops below B or stops working with the current Zotero, the next plugin for the task takes its place automatically until we review it. For every plugin that does a job, see the best-graded plugins by job.