alessmor/zotero-citation-map — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-05-18
Visualize how papers in your Zotero library connect through citations and shared references.
Follow citation links from a selected paper to see what it references and what later works cite it.
Discover relevant papers you have not added yet by spotting gaps surfaced by citation data providers.
Build custom citation maps manually or refresh the data when provider information changes.
| alessmor/zotero-citation-map | abdulkader-safi/obsidian-image-magick-plugins | acartag7/mcp-sso | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Setup difficulty | easy | easy | moderate |
| Complexity | 2/5 | 2/5 | 4/5 |
| Audience | researcher | general | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
No special setup beyond downloading the plugin file from GitHub releases and dragging it into the Zotero Plugins menu.
Zotero is a popular reference manager used by researchers to organize academic papers, notes, and PDFs. Zotero Citation Map is a plugin built for that tool. It lets you visualize how the papers in your library connect to each other through citations and shared references, so you can explore relationships between papers without leaving Zotero. The author built this to solve a problem in their own workflow. When they wanted to understand how a set of papers related, they had to jump between Zotero and external services like ResearchRabbit or Litmaps. This plugin brings that kind of visualization inside Zotero itself, removing the need to switch back and forth between apps during a literature review. The core features focus on making literature exploration easier. You can start from a selected paper and follow its citation links to see which works it references and which later works cite it. Papers already in your library are matched to their Zotero entries, so you can jump back to the metadata, notes, or PDF for any item in the map without hunting for it. The plugin also helps you spot gaps. Citation data providers sometimes surface papers you have not added yet, which can point you toward relevant references or newer work that builds on what you already have. You can refresh the citation data when provider information changes or when you add new papers, and there is a manual option for building custom maps. Installation is straightforward. You download the latest plugin file from the GitHub releases page, open Zotero, go to the Plugins menu, and drag the file into the window. After confirming and restarting Zotero if needed, the plugin is ready to use. Updating works the same way, and Zotero replaces the old version automatically.
A plugin for the Zotero reference manager that visualizes how the academic papers in your library connect through citations, helping you explore relationships without leaving Zotero.
Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, Zotero Plugin API, JavaScript.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.
Mainly researcher.
This repo across BitVibe Labs
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