Researchers

Investigate, analyze, explore

As a researcher you are looking for answers to scientific questions. You explore, probe, collect data, and analyze. And you don't want to bother with administrative tasks and inefficient tools. Our apps are optimized for the scientific workflow, from capturing data to organizing, analyzing, and structuring it. Powerful search options and tight integration complete the perfect research ecosystem.

  • Research

    Use the best tool for your research in databases or on the web: DEVONagent Pro. You choose where to search and type the query, our app does the tedious rest. Get smart text summaries with all the hard facts but without all the noise. Capture interesting stuff directly in your DEVONthink inbox, always with a link to its source. DEVONagent Pro supports many scientific databases and allows you to add others you need, too.

  • Take notes

    In your study or at the lab, whatever you find out or comes to your mind: note it down in DEVONthink. Open the take note panel with a keystroke and start typing or open a new rich text document in your inbox. DEVONthink offers all the tools you need, from lists to tables and hyperlinks. It even adds Wiki-style links to related documents automatically. DEVONthink comes with many prefab templates for note taking, e.g. for Cornell notes, journal entries, quotes, or references.

  • Collect

    Quickly add digital documents you want to keep to the GTD©-like inbox of DEVONthink without interrupting your flow. Organize them later. Drag them to DEVONthink's icon in the Dock or use one of the many other ways to import data. Scan paper with DEVONthink Pro Office and e.g. a Fujitsu ScanSnap document scanner to searchable PDFs. From DEVONagent Pro capture interesting articles, pictures, links with a single click.

  • Organize

    DEVONthink actively helps you organize your notes, documents, articles, literature, or links. Its unique AI technology suggests groups or tags for your data, and it learns with every new document you add to a group or assign a new tag. Multiple views, smart groups, and our innovative smart tagging approach give you the power and the freedom you need without sacrificing one or the other.

  • Review

    Review your notes and articles directly in DEVONthink without opening additional apps or panels. Annotate PDF, e.g. magazine or journal articles, with all standard PDF annotation tools and other documents with the Annotation smart template. Add reminders for important items to iCal, OmniFocus, or Things so that you never forget about it or miss any deadline.

  • Write

    When the research is done it's time to write lab report, papers, or posters. Gather all your material in a project; replicating leaves the items also in their original place. The prefab project template makes a good starting point. Use groups or smart tags to structure the pile and the advanced search function to find the right document whenever you need it. Write in DEVONthink's fullscreen mode which helps you to stay fully focused.

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Supercharge your workflow

Research and knowledge management are what our apps have been designed for from the ground up.

Use DEVONagent to:

  • Search on the web or in databases
  • Keep updated with scheduled searches
  • Capture anything of interest

Use DEVONthink to:

  • Take notes
  • Collect articles, data, bookmarks
  • Organize your material
  • Review and annotate
  • Write scientific papers and reports

Use DEVONthink To Go to take your data with you on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

In the lab

Write your lab protocol in DEVONthink with prefab templates for notes, logbook entries, and registers. Quickly add short notes to the GTD©-like inbox without interrupting your work. Later summarize the notes, add pictures, tables, and other lab data. DEVONthink handles even proprietary lab file formats and shows them if there's a Quick Look plugin available.

In the study

Search in scientific databases or in search engines with DEVONagent Pro. Schedules searches automatically collect new articles for you and RSS feeds keep you up-to-date. Capture interesting articles, clippings, and quotes from DEVONagent or other apps in DEVONthink including links to their source. Smart tagging and our unique AI help you create structure out of chaos.

In the library

Equipped with a MacBook Air and a scanner, e.g. a flat-bed scanner or the ultra-mobile ScanSnap S1100, you copy important papers, magazine articles, or book chapters to your digital memory — DEVONthink Pro Office — in an instant. All scanned text becomes searchable automatically. Annotate the scans with all standard PDF tools and without leaving your digital work environment.

Others about our apps

Scientists and researchers all over the world blog about how our apps empowers them. Read more about it in their own words.

More apps for you

Use DEVONagent Express for the quick search in-between. Our freeware apps and services make using your Mac easier and more fun.

If you are a professor or educator you can purchase our software licenses with 25 percent educational discount. Apply here.