RIS to JSON Converter - Parse Reference Manager Files

Convert RIS citation files to JSON format. Parse EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero exports. Extract authors, titles, DOIs. Browser-based tool.

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RIS Input

JSON Output

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Frequently Asked Questions

RIS (Research Information Systems) is a tagged file format for bibliographic citations. Used by EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, and most reference managers.

All standard RIS types: JOUR (journal), BOOK, CHAP (chapter), CONF (conference), THES (thesis), RPRT (report), and many more.

Common tags: TY (type), AU (author), TI (title), JO (journal), VL (volume), IS (issue), SP/EP (pages), PY (year), DO (DOI), UR (URL), AB (abstract).

Each AU tag becomes a separate author entry. Authors are preserved in their original order.

KW (keyword) tags are collected into an array, preserving all keywords for the reference.

Yes. RIS files can contain many references, each starting with TY and ending with ER. All are parsed into a JSON array.

Yes. All parsing happens locally in your browser. Your research references never leave your device.

In Zotero: File > Export Library > RIS. In Mendeley: File > Export > RIS. In EndNote: File > Export > Text File (RIS).

RIS uses two-letter tags on each line; BibTeX uses @type{key, field=value} syntax. Both store the same citation data differently.

Yes, any tag is preserved in the output, even non-standard ones that some databases add.

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