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Developer(s)
  
WizPatent Pte Ltd.

License
  
Proprietary software

Operating system
  
Cross-platform

WizFolio

Stable release
  
Version Avatara / January 2011; 6 years ago (January 2011)

Available in
  
English, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Simplified and Traditional Chinese

Type
  
Information management on the cloud in a citation ready format

WizFolio is a web-based reference management software for researchers to manage, share their research and academic papers and generate citations in scholarly writings. It uses plug-ins (HTML parsing technology) to collect bibliographic information, videos and patents from webpages.

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History

Developed by WizPatent Pte Ltd, its alpha version was launched on 12 May 2008, and the beta on 22 June 2008. It has since been released officially and is opened to the general public. During the 8th International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCOB), Lim Chuan Poh, chairman of Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) announced that the Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet) and Association for Medical and Bio Informatics Singapore (AMBIS) signed an agreement with WizFolio to provide respective members access to the system as well as explore new ways to improve the process of scientific peer review activities.

In January 2015, Wizfolio was acquired by iGroup (Asia Pacific) Ltd.

In March 2016, iGroup (Asia Pacific) Ltd. released [[EEWOWW]], a new authoring tool built upon on Wizfolio. Wizfolio will be retiring by end of 2017.

Features

These are the WizFolio Features as listed on the WizFolio website.

  • Cross platform: WizFolio supports all the latest versions of Mac, Windows and Linux.
  • Browsers: Works on all major browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Chrome.
  • Import (WizAdd): Import bibliographic data directly from over 200 scientific publishers (IEEE, Springer Wiley, Nature, Science) and databases (Google Scholar, Scopus, ISI, JSTOR, Proquest, etc.). Also automatically imports free PDFs into your online collection.
  • Cite: Collaborative citing across OS and document formats with patent pending citation technology. Have plugins for Microsoft Word (Win), OpenOffice (Win, Mac, Linux), Google Docs, Google Sites, Zoho Writer and WordPress.
  • Search: Search Pubmed, Google Books, YouTube, Bing, Amazon Books within WizFolio.
  • Organize: Folders, Flags, Tags, and Notes and on-the-fly handling of duplicates.
  • Upload: WizFolio will attempt to get the bibliograhic data when you batch upload your PDF's and documents.
  • Share: Drag-n-Drop share. Publicize research work using the WizFolio Profile page, Email, Twitter or Facebook.
  • Transfer: WizImporter for transfer from Zotero & Mendeley, and RIS files for Endnote & Refworks.
  • Locate: Locate PDF for the top open access journals and linkage to over 350 universities' library subscriptions.

    • iPad version

    The company announced the release of its iPad version on 26 July 2010.

    Compatibility with word processors

    WizCite, the system's citation tool, is compatible with Microsoft Word (Windows), OpenOffice.org (Windows, Mac, Linux), and Zoho Writer.

    WizFolio used to be compatible with Google Docs until 12 April 2010 when Google Docs update broke the integration.

    Trial with Scholars Portal

    Scholars Portal, a consortium of 21 university libraries in Canada, began a trial of the system in early 2010.

    References

    WizFolio Wikipedia
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