{"id":32962,"date":"2026-01-22T16:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readcube.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=32962"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:31:16","password":"","slug":"citekey-management","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/readcube.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/help-center\/citekey-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Citekey Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>(Only applicable on the desktop application v4.37.xxxx)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To create citekeys for newly imported PDFs that you have imported or replacing those that already have citekeys in your ReadCube library you will need to use the Citations feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can access this feature by either (mac) at the top of the window select <em>Papers <\/em>-&gt; <em>Papers settings<\/em> or (Windows) select the Papers icon at the top left and select <em>Papers settings<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the window that appears you will need to select Citations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.papersapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-22-102805-1024x617.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33035\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From the Citations tab you can select where you would like to save the citation styles that are on the desktop application as well as the default style when right-clicking a entry and copying the reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.papersapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-8-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33034\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From the window you will able to able to enable the Citekey Management to select how the metadata for the citekeys. 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