RIS Citation
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The RIS file format is a standardised tag format created by Research Information Systems, Incorporated to facilitate the exchange of data between citation programs. This file format is widely supported by numerous reference managers, digital libraries and online library catalogs. The RIS format is also used by citation management applications for the import and export of citations. There exist two major versions of the RIS format, and the format has a file size limit of 1MB.
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| To | With | Fidelity | Command and losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ePub Format | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f ris -t epub in.ris -o out.epubDocument structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost. |
| Hypertext Markup Language | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f ris -t html in.ris -o out.htmlDocument structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost. |
| Markdown | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f ris -t markdown in.ris -o out.mdDocument structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost. |
| Office Open XML Wordprocessing Document, ECMA-376 1st Edition | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f ris -t docx in.ris -o out.docxDocument structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost. |
| OpenDocument | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f ris -t odt in.ris -o out.odtDocument structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost. |
| Plain Text File | Pandoc | Partial | pandoc -f ris -t plain in.ris -o out.txtText only: all formatting is dropped. |
Sources
From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.