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Research Buddy
References and citations without the busywork.
A reference and citation manager with tags, folders, DOI and ISBN lookup, and automatic APA, MLA and Chicago citations.
Role: Developer (tagging, folders, filters, DOI/ISBN lookup and citations)
Research Buddy is a reference and citation manager for researchers and students. It looks up sources by DOI or ISBN, organizes them with tags, folders and filters, and writes APA, MLA and Chicago citations automatically. It is client work built with React and Ruby on Rails, and it cut citation and search time by 50%.
Last updated
- Type
- Web app
- Audience
- Researchers
- Stack
- React, Rails
- Citation styles
- APA, MLA, Chicago
What it does
The parts of Research Buddy that people use every day.
Tags and folders
Every source is tagged and filed.
Advanced filters
Narrow the library down to the source you need.
DOI and ISBN lookup
Enter a DOI or ISBN and the details fill in.
Automatic citations
APA, MLA and Chicago, written for you.
How it works
- 1
Add a source
Enter a DOI or ISBN and the metadata fills in.
- 2
Organize it
Tag it, file it in a folder and filter your library.
- 3
Cite it
Copy the citation in APA, MLA or Chicago style.
Screens
Open a larger viewA saved reference with its details panel. 
Open a larger viewAdd a reference by identifier or by hand.
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- React.js
- Ruby on Rails
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A reference and citation manager for researchers
Researchers collect many sources, and formatting citations by hand is slow and easy to get wrong. Research Buddy keeps every reference in one library and writes the citation for you.
Sources come in through DOI and ISBN metadata lookup. Tags, folders and advanced filters keep the library easy to search.
Results for researchers
Research Buddy cut the time spent searching documents and writing citations by 50%.
APA, MLA and Chicago in one library
Different fields expect different citation styles. Psychology and education often use APA, the humanities often use MLA, and history often uses Chicago. Each style orders the author, date, title and publisher in its own way, which is easy to get wrong when you format by hand.
Research Buddy stores each source once, with the details it looked up from the DOI or ISBN, and produces the citation in the style you need. Switching a paper from one style to another no longer means retyping the reference list.
How DOI and ISBN lookup saves time
A DOI identifies a journal article and an ISBN identifies a book. Entering one of these numbers is enough for Research Buddy to fill in the title, authors and publication details, so researchers spend less time typing and make fewer mistakes.
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Research Buddy FAQ
Which citation styles does Research Buddy support?
APA, MLA and Chicago. Citations are generated automatically.
How does it fill in source details?
Enter a DOI or an ISBN and Research Buddy looks up the metadata for you.
How do researchers organize their sources?
With tags, folders and advanced filters.
What changed for users?
Time spent searching documents and writing citations dropped by 50%.
Who built this
Ahtasham Naeem is the founder of Agentix and a full-stack developer with 5+ years of experience and 20+ projects delivered, building AI agents, automation and web apps with n8n, Make.com, Next.js, React and Ruby on Rails. More about Agentix · LinkedIn · GitHub
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