Paperbot is the ideal Android application for your Mendeley™ Reference Manager.
Wherever you are, your library stays in sync for easy access to all your publications.
Paperbot also lets you read and annotate your PDFs to quickly save a new idea for your research.

Paperbot stores and organizes your references in a consistent interface with Mendeley.

Get all your references securely stored and organized in one place.

1. Reference list - All references in the selected collection or group will be displayed here.
2. Action shortcuts - Download the file associated to a reference, or add it to your favorites (see t.).
3. Sorting references - organize your library based on references' title, authors, or date.

Paperbot's built-in PDF viewer is essential for reading and annotating your documents.

4. PDF viewer - If the selected reference has an associated PDF document, you can read it from within Paperbot.
5. Annotation tool - Used to create, remove, or edit PDF annotations (see div class="card border-0" 2).
6. Search text in PDF - The interface offers full-text search for your PDF. It lists the number of results for a given term, lets you walk through the results, and highlights all occurrences of the search term in the document.
7. Thumbnail view mode - It shows a bird’s-eye view of many pages in a PDF document, allowing you to quickly find a particular page.

With text highlighting, drawing rectangles, and sticky notes, our annotations component gives you the tools you need to keep all your ideas in one place.

8. Highlight - Use this tool to apply highlighting to text within the document.
9. Rectangle - Use this tool to draw a highlight rectangle wherever you want.
10. Sticky note - Use this tool to create sticky notes at specific locations within the document.
11. Color picker - Paperbot supports annotating in a number of different colors. Use this menu to select the currently active color. Annotations that you apply will use this color.

You can also long-press on any part of the text, and an in-line menu will appear allowing you to select the text or highlight it.

Paperbot's search allows you to quickly retrieve relevant references.

12. Search field - Enter a search term, then hit enter and Paperbot will return results based on the references metadata.

The search tool is context-specific and therefore will return results based on the collection you are currently viewing. You can use this to quickly pinpoint specific references.
To search your entire library, make sure the 'All References' smart folder is selected.
When in focus, up to 10 historical search suggestions can be displayed below the search field.

You can add new references to your library from the Mendeley Catalog.

13. '+ ARTICLES' button - Tap this button to access the Mendeley Catalog. This button is only visible if you are connected to the internet.
14. Search field - Enter a search term, then hit enter and Mendeley Catalog references that match the search term will be returned.
15. '+' button - You can add a reference to your library by tapping the '+' button.

You can also import a PDF from another app running on your Android device.

16. Android Sharesheet - Select Paperbot as the destination. When importing the PDF file, Paperbot will automatically create a new reference accessible from the 'All References' smart collection.

Paperbot automatically organizes your references into smart collections.

17. All References - Lists all documents in your user library.
18. File Attached - Lists the documents with an attached PDF file.
19. Favorites - Tap the star icon next to the reference to mark it as 'Favorite' and add it to the this collection.
20. Unread - Lists the documents that you have imported into your library, but have not yet reviewed.
21. My Publications - Lists the documents that you have authored and claimed through the Mendeley Profile.
22. Trash - Lists the documents that you have deleted from your library.

Create collections to quickly filter your library.

Unlike folders on your computer, adding a reference to a collection does not relocate the reference, but rather acts as a label.
This means that the same reference can be added to multiple collections. If you delete a collection, the references it contains will still be available in 'All References'.

23. Create a new collection - Use the menu at the top of the main reference list to manage collections in the currently selected collection.
24. Add a reference to a collection - Use the menu at the top of the reference detail view to move the citation into a collection.

Use private groups to collaborate and share references and ideas with other researchers.

You must be invited to these groups to be allowed to share PDFs and collaborate using shared annotations. Group management is only available from the Mendeley interface.
As with custom collections, use the menu at the top of the main reference list to manage collections in a group.

You can also share a PDF with colleagues using the Share menu at the top of the reference view.

25. Share button - This will automatically create an email with the reference and PDF attached.

Select a reference in your library to view its metadata in the info panel.

26. Reference info menu - This menu opens a dialog that displays the metadata for the reference, including title, abstract, keywords, etc. You can edit this metadata and save it back to Mendeley.

Your library automatically syncs with Mendeley so you can access your research wherever you go.

Vertically swipe the main reference list to sync Paperbot and Mendeley.
Your data will be stored securely on Mendeley servers so you can access it on any device.
Notes and annotations made in private groups will also be available to colleagues.

Paperbot requires an active subscription to sync your data with Mendeley.
Paperbot is developped by a small, independant team of engineers, not affiliated to Mendeley™.
After the free trial period, we offer full access to Paperbot at a fair price to get useful new features and help for your research library.
The free trial period is the best way to know if Paperbot is right for you, and hopefully to subscribe and keep its developments going.