Lumivero
Citavi
AI-assisted reference manager that extracts, summarizes, and organizes research sources.
Our editorial assessment, based on the public sources listed below. Last reviewed .
- Task rank
- #23
- Tier
- B
- Score
- 69.4
Strengths
- Extracts bibliographic data from PDFs
- AI summaries and duplicate detection
- Integrated writing and citation
Considerations
- Windows-centric with a dated interface.
Price
30-day free trial; paid licenses via Lumivero (free edition discontinued)
Shown for reference — price is not part of the score.
Score breakdown
- Performance
- 70.0
- 55% of score
- Reputation
- 66.0
- 35% of score
- Recency
- 78.0
- 10% of score
The overall score combines these sub-scores using the weights shown. How we score →
Verification status
Each field carries its own re-verification date. Amber means older than 90 days — treat those figures as stale until re-checked.
- Pricing
- Benchmark
- Reputation
- Feature list
Checked against the sources listed below.
Sources
- Citavi article on German Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Citavi product page at Lumivero (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Lumivero shop Citavi licenses (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Lumivero newsroom (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Best AI tools for academic research in 2026 | Lumivero (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
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- #2GeminiSScore 88.8A multimodal AI model with a large context window for processing datasets, PDFs, and video.
- #22ResearchRabbitAScore 70.7Citation-graph discovery tool that maps related papers and authors to expand a literature review visually.