LexiRef is a modern reference manager and citation engine built for people who write papers, theses, reports and grant proposals — and who are tired of heavy, account-bound tools. Everything lives on your PC. There is no sign-up, no cloud sync to wait for and no tracking. Open LexiRef, add a reference by DOI, and copy a perfectly formatted citation into Word in seconds. Build your library in minutes • Add references by DOI, arXiv ID or a title search (Crossref metadata). • Import BibTeX, RIS and CSL-JSON files from Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, JabRef or Google Scholar — or simply paste a block of BibTeX or a list of DOIs. • 13 reference types: journal article, book, book chapter, conference paper, thesis, report, web page, preprint, dataset, patent, standard, software and more. • Organise with collections, tags, favourites and notes; drag references into collections; find duplicates and merge them in one click. Cite in six major styles • APA 7th, IEEE, MLA 9th, Chicago (author–date), Harvard (Cite Them Right) and Vancouver. • In-text citations (parenthetical or narrative, with page numbers) and complete reference-list entries. • Copy as rich text — italics are preserved when you paste into Word, Google Docs or an e-mail. • Build a bibliography for the selected references, a collection or the whole library and export it as Word (.docx), RTF, HTML or plain text. Never cite a retracted paper The Integrity check verifies your references against Crossref retraction notices and OpenAlex (Retraction Watch data) and flags anything that has been retracted or withdrawn — before it ends up in your manuscript. Works with Microsoft Word • The companion LexiRef Word add-in inserts citations as tracked fields, numbers them automatically in order of appearance (IEEE / Vancouver), switches styles for the whole document and builds or refreshes the bibliography with one click. • Link a library file in LexiRef and the add-in reads the same, always up-to-date references. Made for serious work • 100 % offline: the only network requests are the DOI look-ups and integrity checks you start yourself. • Automatic local saving plus one-click backup and restore. • Light and dark themes that follow Windows, keyboard shortcuts for everything, fast search across titles, authors, journals, DOIs, tags and notes. • Export your data at any time as BibTeX, RIS, CSL-JSON or a LexiRef library file — your references are never locked in. Whether you are finishing a PhD thesis, preparing an IEEE conference paper or managing the reading list of a research group, LexiRef keeps your sources organised, correctly formatted and trustworthy.