We know that academic researchers and PhD scientists are always on the lookout for tools and resources that can help them be more productive and efficient in their work. There now exist a plethora of apps for various tasks available that can help make work easier and more streamlined.
Krishgen’s technical team has put together a list of the top fifteen Apps we find most useful:
- Evernote:
Evernote is an all-in-one note-taking and organization app that can be incredibly helpful for academic scientists and PhD scientists. You can use it to take notes during lectures and meetings, keep track of research ideas, and organize your data and findings.
2. Mendeley:
Mendeley is a reference manager that allows users to organize and keep track of the research articles they have read. It is particularly useful for those who need to keep track of their reading list and citations for their research papers.
3. RefME:
RefME is a reference manager that allows you to quickly and easily generate citations for your research papers. It supports over 7,000 different citation styles, making it an ideal tool for scientists.
4. Trello
Researchers need to keep track of various activities to optimize their productivity. Trello is user-friendly app wherein you can create work boards for different projects and populate them with tasks. You can also assign deadlines and keep updating ongoing progress. Work boards can be shared with all team members, thereby smoothening collaborative working.
5. Lab-Archives:
LabArchives is a web-based application that acts as a digital lab notebook, helping you keep your work and notes organized to improve productivity in your labs. You can access LabArchives to make notes, store images and data, and use the search feature for simple access to all of your material.
6. Dropbox:
Quite popular already, Dropbox is a cloud-based file storage and sharing service that can be a lifesaver for scientists. It allows you to easily store and share your research data and findings with your colleagues, no matter where they are in the world. It’s tagging and notebook features also help find and organise projects better.
7. Grammarly:
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Another very common app with a Google Chrome plugin, Grammarly is a writing tool that can help you improve the quality of your writing. It checks for grammatical errors, spelling mistakes, and awkward phrasing, helping to ensure that your writing is clear, concise, and professional.
8. EndNote:
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EndNote is a reference management tool that allows you to store, organize, and manage your research articles and citations. It integrates with Microsoft Word, making it easy for you to add citations and format your papers.
9. R-Discovery:
A free app that empowers you to save time wading through a sea of academic research papers by finding the articles that are most relevant to your work and emails them to you every day. R Discovery offers customized research reading, that is, once you set up your areas of interest, the app for research papers finds the top 3 reads and presents them in the form of a daily feed. Powered by AI, it learns reading interests and finds matching relevant papers.
10.TypeSet:
Typeset is a web-based application that was created to help researchers write, collaborate, format and submit research papers for publication. Typeset allows you to upload your work to their platform, and use their AI to reformat your research and submissions to meet the publication requirements of various journal and conference organizers. Typeset works seamlessly with reference management software like Mendeley, Zotero, Paperpile and more. It allows you to choose from over 45,000 verified journal formats and export your work to Word, LaTex and PDF formats.
11.Electronic Lab Notebooks:
There are many electronic lab notebooks available online that are designed to increase productivity and efficiency in research labs, simplifying the process of organizing and locating data.
12. Quartzy:
Quartzy is the application you need for lab management. Keeping track of orders, deliveries and stock is challenging, but Quartzy streamlines the entire process (which means you’ll never accidentally run out of an important re-agent again)! All in Quartzy, your lab members can request, approve and manage orders, making sure the lab is always fully stocked to keep your research going.
13. SnapGene:
SnapGene is the go-to application for viewing and annotating DNA sequences. SnapGene helps you design cloning procedures, visualize your work, and can automatically record your workflow. With over 2,700 plasmid files that you can download and the SnapGene viewer for visualizing and sharing, you’ll love this application for your work.
14. ConnectedPapers:
Connected Papers is a unique visual tool that helps you visualize and explore the literature with powerful graphics . Enter the paper of your choice and Connected Papers will generate a connected web of similar papers in the field. Connected Papers is the ideal tool for helping you make sure you haven’t missed a paper and can even help you create a comprehensive bibliography.
15. Biorender:
Bio-render is a web-based illustration tool to help users create professional science figures in minutes. Their library has over 30,000 pre-made icons across a wide variety of disciplines, and is ideal for creating schematics, graphical abstracts and figures to help you communicate your research to reviewers, colleagues and the public.
Have suggestions for other Apps that you think have helped change your productivity in the lab? Tell us in the comments.
