🏷️ Tagging and Categorizing Research Papers in Zetaref Reference Manager

Stay organized and focused by tagging your research papers in Zetaref, the AI-powered reference manager for students and researchers.
Tags help you categorize papers, group related topics, and filter your library efficiently — whether you’re managing hundreds of journal articles or a few key references.
Tags

📘 Why Use Tags?

Tags are flexible labels that let you organize your library your way. You can create tags for:

  • Research themes: “Deep Learning,” “Sustainability,” “Social Justice”

  • Project names: “Thesis Chapter 2,” “Review Paper,” “Conference 2025”

  • Status indicators: “To Read,” “Reviewed,” “Cited,” “Important”

  • Methodologies: “Qualitative,” “Quantitative,” “Mixed Methods”

Each paper can have multiple tags, giving you complete control over how your collection is organized.

💡 Tip: Use color-coded tags to visually distinguish different research categories at a glance.

🏷️ Adding Tags to Papers

Adding tags in Zetaref is fast and intuitive.

  1. Go to your Library.

  2. Hover over or open a paper entry.

  3. Click the sidebar and select tag.

  4. Type a new tag and select the color.

  5. Press Enter to apply the tag.

Your new tag is automatically saved and synced to your account, available on all your devices.
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🎨 Managing Tags and Colors

You can assign colors to tags to make your library visually organized.

  • Edit a Tag Color:
    Click the tag → choose a new color from the color palette.

  • Rename or Delete a Tag:
    Use the tag’s menu (⋮) → select Rename or Delete.

🪄 Example:

  • 🟢 “Published Sources”

  • 🔵 “Experimental Results”

  • 🟡 “For Review Section”

  • 🔴 “Critical Sources”

Color cues make it easy to scan your library and identify paper categories instantly.

🔍 Filtering and Searching by Tags

Zetaref lets you filter and search your library using tags to quickly locate relevant papers.

  • Click a tag in the sidebar or on a paper to filter all papers with that tag.

  • Use the search bar to combine tags with keywords (e.g., #DeepLearning methods).

  • Combine multiple tags to narrow your results — for example:
    #AI + #LiteratureReview + #2023

💡 Tip: Use tags strategically during your literature review process — start with broad themes and refine into subtopics as you discover more papers.

🧩 Integrating Tags with Other Features

Tags work seamlessly with other Zetaref features:

  • Annotations:
    Filter highlights and notes by tagged papers to focus your summaries.

  • Collections:
    Group tagged papers into collections for projects, courses, or publications.

  • AI Insights:
    Zetaref’s AI tools can analyze papers within a tag group to summarize trends or generate comparative reviews.

✨ Example: Tag your papers “AI Ethics” and use the Literature Review Generator to summarize all AI ethics papers in one click.

📈 Best Practices for Effective Tagging

  • Keep tag names short and consistent (e.g., “AI” not “Artificial_Intelligence”).

  • Use color logic — assign consistent colors to related topics.

  • Periodically merge duplicate tags to keep your tag list clean.

  • Combine tags with notes and highlights for deeper context.

🧠 Pro Tip: Create workflow-based tags like “To Read,” “Summarized,” and “Cited” to track your progress across papers.