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寫論文或研究報告時,最煩的往往不是內容本身,而是那一串參考文獻。明明找了一堆 paper,要把它們整理成 BibTeX 格式、補齊作者年份、還要對應到 PDF 檔,光是排版就耗掉大半時間。尤其當你用的是 LaTeX,參考文獻的格式要求又特別嚴格,一個欄位漏掉,編譯就是錯誤訊息。這種時候你會想找一個工具,能把這些雜亂的書目資料一次理清楚,而不是繼續用手工慢慢 key。

一般人習慣的做法,是直接在文字檔裡手動維護 BibTeX,或把 PDF 檔名改成「作者_年份_標題」來硬記。但這樣做有幾個問題:檔案一多就找不到哪篇是哪篇,DOI 或 ISBN 要一個一個上網查,換電腦或跟同學合作時,格式又亂成一團。這類參考文獻管理工具的切入點,就是幫你把「整理書目」這件事從手工作業變成半自動流程——從 DOI 抓資料、把 PDF 跟條目綁在一起、在 Word 或 LaTeX 裡直接插入引用,讓你可以把力氣花在寫作本身。

01JabRef 到底是做什麼用的?

它是一套開源的參考文獻管理軟體,核心功能是建立、編輯和整理 BibTeX 與 BibLaTeX 格式的書目資料庫。你可以把論文、書籍、會議論文的書目資料集中放在一個檔案裡,透過表格介面檢視和搜尋,也能把 PDF 全文檔跟對應的條目連結在一起。對使用 LaTeX 寫作的人來說,它等於是把參考文獻的整理工作從純文字編輯變成圖形化管理。

02它能不能自動抓取書目資料,不用一筆一筆手動輸入?

可以。它支援從 DOI、ISBN 或線上學術資料庫自動擷取書目資訊,也能直接從 Google Scholar、PubMed 和 CrossRef 搜尋參考文獻並匯入。也就是說,你只要貼上 DOI 或輸入書名,它會把作者、年份、期刊等欄位自動填好,省去手動 key 資料的麻煩。不過實際抓取的成功率會因來源而異,有些欄位可能還是需要手動修正。

03我習慣用 Word 寫論文,這套軟體能插入引用嗎?

可以。它提供與 Microsoft Word 和 LibreOffice 的整合功能,可以直接在文件中插入引用,並產生對應的參考文獻列表。這表示你不一定要用 LaTeX 才能受惠,用 Word 寫作時也能把書目管理交給它。但要注意,Word 整合的順暢度可能不如 LaTeX 模式,建議先試用確認符合你的工作流程。

04它能不能把 PDF 跟參考文獻綁在一起?

可以。它支援在每一筆參考文獻底下連結對應的 PDF 全文檔,方便你從條目直接開啟論文。此外,它也能從 PDF 中擷取元資料,自動填入書目欄位。不過它的 PDF 註記功能有限,如果你需要在 PDF 上畫重點或寫筆記,可能還是得搭配其他工具。

05我有一堆舊的 BibTeX 檔案,可以匯入嗎?

可以。它本來就是以 BibTeX 為核心設計,你可以直接載入既有的 .bib 檔案,然後在圖形介面中編輯、新增或刪除條目。它同時支援 BibLaTeX 格式,兩者之間可以轉換。如果你原本就有累積的書目檔案,不需要重新建立,直接匯入就能開始管理。

06這套軟體適合什麼樣的人用?

最適合的是使用 LaTeX 寫學術論文的研究人員、教授和研究生,因為它對 BibTeX 和 BibLaTeX 的支援最完整。如果你平常會大量引用文獻、需要管理數百筆書目資料,而且希望透過 DOI 或線上資料庫自動抓取書目資訊,它會是實用的工具。另外,偏好免費開源軟體、不希望把書目資料存在特定雲端服務的人,也會覺得它符合需求。

07我不用 LaTeX,只用 Word 寫報告,適合嗎?

可以用,但它的設計核心還是以 LaTeX 為主。雖然它支援 Word 和 LibreOffice 的引用插入功能,但介面和操作邏輯都圍繞著 BibTeX 資料庫打轉。如果你完全不用 LaTeX,Zotero 或 Mendeley 這類以一般文書處理為主的工具,在 Word 整合和瀏覽器抓取資料上可能更直覺。建議你先試用看看,確認 Word 整合的流程是否符合你的習慣。

08它的介面是英文的,會不會很難上手?

介面確實只有英文,沒有繁體中文語系。如果你對英文介面不熟悉,初期可能會需要一些時間適應。不過它的操作邏輯不算複雜,主要就是表格清單加上右側的欄位編輯面板,常用功能都在工具列上。如果你能接受英文介面,學習成本不會太高;但如果英文介面會造成障礙,可以考慮有中文介面的替代工具。

09它需要安裝 Java,會不會很麻煩?

它需要 Java Runtime Environment(JRE)11 或更新版本才能執行。也就是說,安裝 JabRef 之前,你得先確認電腦上有 Java 環境。如果你本來就裝了 Java,那沒什麼問題;如果沒有,就得多裝一個執行環境。這對一般使用者來說可能多一道手續,但對經常用學術軟體的人來說,Java 算是常見的依賴元件。

10它能不能跟別人同步書目資料?

它沒有內建雲端同步功能,但你可以把書目資料庫檔案放在 Dropbox、Google Drive 或 GitHub 上,透過檔案同步的方式跟別人共享。也就是說,同步是靠外部雲端服務來達成,不是 JabRef 自己提供的功能。如果你需要多人即時協作編輯同一份書目,它可能不是最適合的工具,Zotero 或 Mendeley 的雲端協作功能會更完整。

11這套軟體還有人在維護嗎?

根據現有資訊,它的更新頻率不算高,近 12 個月只有 1 次更新。不過開發團隊仍有在釋出新版本,最近一次更新加入了 OpenAlex 和 OpenCitations 整合、內部搜尋過濾、AI 工具擴充等功能。整體來說,它不是一個停止維護的專案,但更新節奏不像商業軟體那麼頻繁。如果你需要非常活躍的開發動能,可以再觀察看看。

12跟 Zotero 或 Mendeley 比起來,我該怎麼選?

這取決於你的寫作流程。JabRef 的強項是 LaTeX 和 BibTeX 的深度整合,如果你用 LaTeX 寫論文,它會是順手的工具。Zotero 和 Mendeley 則在瀏覽器抓取網頁資料、PDF 管理、雲端同步和團隊協作上更完整,介面也比較現代。另外,JabRef 的評分人數只有 21 人,參考樣本較少;Zotero 和 Mendeley 的使用者基數大得多,社群資源和教學文件也比較豐富。建議先確認自己的主要使用情境,再決定要投資哪一套。

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What's new in this version:

Changed:
- Implementation of eventbased autosave and backup functionality and file synchronization for shared DBs. Related to #344
- Source tab in the entry editor displays "BibLaTeX Source" when using biblatex mode
- koppor#171: Add Shortcuts to context menu
- Add session restoring functionality for shared database. Related to #1703
- Implementation of LiveUpdate for PostgreSQL & Oracle systems. Related to #970.
- koppor#31: Number column in the main table is always Left aligned
- Added support for 1.0.1 CitationStyles
- You can set and cycle between different preview styles (including CitationStyles)
- Added fetcher for MathSciNet, zbMATH and Astrophysics Data System
- Improved search:
- Search queries consisting of a normal query and a field-based query are now supported (for example, JabRef AND author == you)
- Implemented #825: Search Bar across all bib files instead each having its own
- Implemented #573: Add key shortcut for global search (ctrl+shift+f, if the searchfield is empty it will be focused instead)
- The search result Window will now show which entry belongs to which bib file
- The search result Window will now remember its location
- The search result Window won't stay on top anymore if the main Window is focused and will be present in the taskbar
- The user can jump from the searchbar to the maintable with ctrl+enter
- Implemented #573 (comment): Added shortcut: closing the search result window with ctrl+w
- Added integrity check for fields with BibTeX keys, e.g., crossref and related, to check that the key exists
- Fields linking to other entries (e.g., crossref and related) have now specialized editors in the entry editor. Check the tabs "Other fields" and "General".
- #1496 Keep track of which entry a downloaded file belongs to
- Made it possible to download multiple entries in one action
- #1506 It is possible to apply two new key modifier title_case for Title Case, capitalize for Capitalized first character of each word (difference is that title case will leave prepositions etc in lower case), and sentence_case for normal sentence case (first word capitalized). In addition lower_case and upper_case can be used instead of lower and upper.
- Added two new pseudo-fields for search: anykeyword to search for a specific keyword and anyfield to search in all fields (useful in combination with search in specific fields)
- #1813 Import/Export preferences dialog default directory set to working directory
- #1897 Implemented integrity check for year field: Last four nonpunctuation characters should be numerals
- Address in MS-Office 2007 xml format is now imported as location
- #1912 Implemented integrity check for edition field: Should have the first letter capitalized (BibTeX), Should contain an integer or a literal (BibLaTeX)
- The dialog for choosing new entries additionally supports ID-based entry generation
- number field is now exported as number field in MS-Office 2007 xml format, if no issue field is present and the entry type is not patent
- note field is now exported as comments field in MS-Office 2007 xml format
- comments field in MS-Office 2007 xml format is now imported as note field
- #463: Disable menu-item and toolbar-buttons while no database is open
- Implemented integrity check for note and howpublished field: Should have the first letter capitalized (BibTeX)
- Pos1 / HOME now select the first/last entry in the main table and the search result frame.
- UP / Down / Tab / shift+Tab in the search result frame have now the same functionality as in the main table.
- Importer for MODS format added
- #2012 Implemented integrity check for month field: Should be an integer or normalized (BibLaTeX), Should be normalized (BibTeX)
- #1779 Implemented integrity check for bibtexkey field: Empty BibTeX key
- Prohibit more than one connections to the same shared database.
- Implemented integrity check for journaltitle field: BibLaTeX field only (BibTeX)
- #463: Disable certain menu items, toolbar buttons and context menu items while multiple entries are selected
- #490 Added right click menu to main table and entry editor to allow copying doi url
- #549 Added new shortcut to copy the BibTeX key as a hyperlink to its url to the clipboard
- Complete vietnam language translation in menu
- Generalize German translation of database into "Datenbank"
- Improve language quality of the German translation of shared database
- Change "Recent files" to "Recent databases" to keep the file menu consistent
- Customized importer files need to be slightly changed since the class ImportFormat was renamed to Importer
- koppor/#97: When importing preferences, the explorer will start where the preferences are last exported
- koppor#5 When entries are found while dropping a pdf with xmp meta data the found entries will be displayed in the import dialog
- koppor#61 Display gray background text in "Author" and "Editor" field to assist newcomers
- Updated Vietnamese translation
- Added greyed-out suggestion for year/date/url fields
- #1908 Add a shortcut for check integrity CTRL+F8
- When creatig an entry based on an ISBN, but the ISBN is not available on ebook.de, the error message is now more clear.

Fixed:
- Fixed problem where closing brackets could not be used as texts in layout arguments
- Fixed NullPointerException when opening search result window for an untitled database
- Fixed selecting an entry out of multiple duplicates
- Entries in the SearchResultPanel will be shown correctly (Latex to Unicode)
- Suggestions in the autocomplete will be shown correctly (Latex to Unicode)
- Selecting an entry in the search result Window will now select the correct entry in the bib file
- Suggestions in the autocomplete (search) are now in Unicode
- Entries in the SearchResultDialog are now converted to Unicode
- Fixed NullPointerException when opening search result window for an untitled database
- Fixed entry table traversal with Tab (no column traversal thus no double jump)
- Fixed: When searching the first match will be selected if the current selection is no match
- Fixed koppor#160: Tooltips now working in the main table
- Fixed koppor/#128: Sensible default settings for "Enable save actions" and "Cleanup"
- Fixed loop when pulling changes (shared database) when current selected field has changed
- Fixed field key field is not exported to MS-Office 2008 xml format
- Fixed field location containing only city is not exported correctly to MS-Office 2007 xml format
- Fixed close action of entry editor not working after parsing error corrected
- Fixed RTFChars would only use "?" for characters with unicode over the value of 127, now it uses the base character (é -> e instead of ?)
- Fixed download files failed silently when an invalid directory is selected
- Fixed InvalidBackgroundColor flickering with Ctrl-s and File > Save database
- Fixed file menu displays wrong hotkey in the German translation
- Fixed #617: Enter in global search opens the selected entry & Enter in search dialog window opens the selected entry
- Fixed #1181 and #1504: Improved "Normalize to BibTeX name format": Support separated names with commas and colons. Considered name affixes such as "Jr".
- Fixed #1235: Modified Key bindings do not work correctly
- Fixed #1542: Improved error messages when using fetcher
- Fixed #1663: Better multi-monitor support
- Fixed #1757: Crash after saving illegal argument in entry editor
- Fixed #1808: Font preference dialog now keeps changes
- Fixed #1882: Crash after saving illegal bibtexkey in entry editor
- Fixed #1937: If no help page for the current chosen language exists, the english help page will be shown
- Fixed #1949: Error message directs to the wrong preference tab
- Fixed #1958: Verbatim fields are no longer checked for HTML encoded characters by integrity checks
- Fixed #1993: Various optimizations regarding search performance
- Fixed #2021: All filetypes can be selected on MacOS again
- Fixed #2054: Ignoring a new version now works as expected
- Fixed #2060: Medline fetcher now imports data in UTF-8 encoding
- Fixed #2064: Not all other fields are shown on entry change of same type
- Fixed #2089: Fixed faulty cite key generation
- Fixed #2090: If special fields were not selected, two menu item separator were shown
- Fixed #2092: "None"-button in date picker clears the date field
- Fixed #2104: Crash after saving BibTeX source with parsing error
- Fixed #2109: Ctrl-S doesn't trigger parsing error message
- Fixed #2200: Sorting now uses the same unicode representation that is also used for showing the content in the maintable
- Fixed #2201 and #1825: Status of the Group panel is saved and reused for next startup of JabRef
- Fixed #2228: Fixed Medline fetcher no longer working. The fetcher now uses https for fetching

Removed:
- Removed 2nd preview style
- The non-supported feature of being able to define file directories for any extension is removed. Still, it should work for older databases using the legacy ps and pdf fields, although we strongly encourage using the file field.
- Automatic migration for the evastar_pdf field is removed.
- We removed the customizable "content selectors" since they are replaced by the auto-completion feature
- Removed optional fields from other fields (BibTeX), Removed deprecated fields from other fields (BibLaTeX)