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Tools for Authors

This page brings together details of software and other tools that may be helpful to BioMed Central authors when formatting manuscripts for submission.

Reference management software

We recommend authors to use reference management software to ensure that their reference lists are correctly formatted.

BioMed Central's website allows references to be seamlessly downloaded and imported into the following reference management packages:

• EndNote (style file)
• Reference Manager (style file)
• RefWorks

Proofing tools

SciProof is a professional tool for scientific proofing, spell-checking and style-checking. It works with Microsoft Word, and although itis currently Windows only, a Mac version is under development. Read a review of Sciproof in The Scientist.

Graphics conversion tools

The following tools may be useful if you need to convert figures into a format suitable for submission to BioMed Central:

• GraphicConverter (Macintosh-only, Shareware)
• GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program (Cross-platform, Free)
• ImageMagick (Cross-platform, Free)
• Paintshop Pro (Windows-only, Commercial)

For tips and advice on figure cropping issues, see our figure cropping FAQ.

Statistics tools

Graphpad software offers a selection of free online calculators for doing quick statistical calculations.