ris

What is a .ris file?

application/x-research-info-systems

RIS is a plain-text citation format using two-letter tags (TY for type, AU for author, TI for title, PY for year) with each record ending in an ER tag. It is widely supported by reference managers and publisher databases for importing and exchanging citations.

How to use a .ris file

Use an example .ris file to test RIS parsers and reference-manager import, or as input for citation-format conversion between RIS, BibTeX, and CSL-JSON.

Download example .ris file

RIS Citations (.ris)The same three references as an RIS citation file with two-letter tags and ER record terminators — the twin of the BibTeX file, for testing RIS import and BibTeX/RIS conversion.

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