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Name RIS Citation
Version  
Other names  
Identifiers MIME:  application/x-research-info-systems
PUID:  fmt/1899
Family  
Classification Text (Structured)
Disclosure  
Description The RIS file format is a standardised tag format created by Research Information Systems, Incorporated to facilitate the exchange of data between citation programs. This file format is widely supported by numerous reference managers, digital libraries and online library catalogs. The RIS format is also used by citation management applications for the import and export of citations. There exist two major versions of the RIS format, and the format has a file size limit of 1MB.
Orientation  
Byte order  
Related file formats None.
Technical Environment  
Released  
Supported until  
Format Risk  
Developed by None.
Supported by None.
Source Brigham Young University / Brigham Young University
Source date 08 Aug 2023
Source description  
Last updated 08 Aug 2023
Note http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/RefMan
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