Rayyan is web-based software providing a different approach to reference management.
Through its interface users are guided through the literature review process: duplication detection, screening (via article title/abstract and then full text) and data extraction. It prompts users to make critical decisions to select and review appropriate material.
It does not provide a folder structure through which to organise material or create citations and reference lists in specific referencing styles to be inserted into work. Organisation comes through interface taking users through the review process and at the end of that process there is an option to export selected material into a file for importing into Mendeley, Zotero or MyBib.
You can access Rayyan via a free account. Some advanced functions providing bulk operations are not available to use as they are in charged tiers.
Access at Rayyan.ai click on Start For Free to create an account.
How to upload Articles/References into Rayyan
Make sure you export results from research databases as either RIS or CSV files.
Rayyan has very good duplication detection which then provides you with the option to review what to keep.
How to detect duplicate and resolve references/articles in Rayyan
The Rayyan interface takes you through screening by article title and abstract:
How to screen references/articles via article title and abstracts in Rayyan
Then full text screening:
Rayyan's interface guides you through gathering and organising information from selected articles for analysis and synthesis.
At the end of the review process there is the option to export selected references as files for importing into Mendeley or Zotero for inserting citations and references into work or MyBib to create a reference list for copying and pasting into work.