Zotero - Citation management

Posted on Jun 18, 2025

Installation (Debian)

Official .deb repository (recognized by Zotero): https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-deb

Zotero installation guide: https://www.zotero.org/support/installation

Browser integration

Install the Zotero Connector extension in your browser to save papers directly to Zotero.

Sync

Create a Zotero account and enable cloud sync inside Zotero.

Plugins

Official plugin list: https://www.zotero.org/support/plugins

Network visualization

Use cita for reference network visualization: https://github.com/diegodlh/zotero-cita

Note: does not support Zotero 7.

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