<s>
colwiz	B-Application
(	O
collective	O
wizdom	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
web	O
,	O
desktop	O
and	O
mobile	O
based	O
research	O
management	O
software	O
,	O
designed	O
by	O
researchers	O
from	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Oxford	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
colwiz	B-Application
incorporates	O
reference	B-Application
management	I-Application
,	O
collaboration	B-Application
and	O
networking	O
tools	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
productivity	B-Application
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
colwiz	B-Application
entered	O
into	O
Oxford	O
University	O
's	O
Isis	O
Software	O
Incubator	O
and	O
won	O
the	O
University	O
’s	O
Challenge	O
Seed	O
Fund	O
(	O
UCSF	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
private	O
beta	O
testing	O
,	O
colwiz	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
to	O
public	O
in	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
now	O
being	O
used	O
globally	O
in	O
research-based	O
companies	O
and	O
institutions	O
including	O
:	O
GlaxoSmithKline	O
,	O
P&G	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
Philips	O
,	O
Disney	O
Research	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
numerous	O
top-tier	O
universities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
colwiz	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
development	O
partnership	O
and	O
strategic	O
investment	O
from	O
the	O
American	O
Chemical	O
Society	O
(	O
ACS	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
largest	O
scientific	O
society	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
colwiz	B-Application
powered	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
ACS	O
ChemWorx	O
,	O
a	O
virtual	O
research	O
environment	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
200,000	O
ACS	O
members	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2013	O
,	O
colwiz	B-Application
partnered	O
with	O
Royal	O
Society	O
Publishing	O
and	O
Taylor	O
&	O
Francis	O
to	O
launch	O
HTML5	B-Application
Interactive	O
PDF	B-Application
Reader	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
researchers	O
to	O
annotate	O
and	O
save	O
PDF	B-Application
articles	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
publishers	O
 '	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
after	O
collaborating	O
together	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
,	O
Colwiz	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Taylor	O
&	O
Francis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colwiz	B-Application
was	O
conceived	O
by	O
Tahir	O
Mansoori	O
(	O
CEO	B-Application
and	O
Founder	O
)	O
,	O
during	O
his	O
doctoral	O
research	O
in	O
computational	O
biology	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Oxford	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
colwiz	B-Application
entered	O
Isis	O
Innovation	O
Software	O
Incubator	O
in	O
March	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
launched	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
in	O
private	O
beta	O
,	O
available	O
to	O
researchers	O
in	O
British	O
and	O
US	O
universities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
beta	O
testing	O
colwiz	B-Application
gathered	O
feedback	O
from	O
the	O
research	O
community	O
and	O
worked	O
on	O
developing	O
industry	O
partnerships	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
beta	O
phase	O
culminated	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
a	O
collaborative	O
partnership	O
between	O
colwiz	B-Application
and	O
ACS	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
colwiz-powered	O
ACS	O
Chemworx	O
and	O
ACS	O
Active	O
View	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
on	O
27	O
March	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
day	O
later	O
,	O
colwiz	B-Application
officially	O
came	O
out	O
of	O
beta	O
and	O
entered	O
the	O
public	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joint	O
ventures	O
with	O
Royal	O
Society	O
Publishing	O
,	O
and	O
Taylor	O
&	O
Francis	O
,	O
saw	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
colwiz	B-Application
HTML5	B-Application
Interactive	O
PDF	B-Application
Reader	O
in	O
December	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
colwiz	B-Application
Library	O
is	O
an	O
application	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
find	O
,	O
read	O
,	O
annotate	O
,	O
save	O
and	O
share	O
research	O
articles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
colwiz	B-Application
Import	O
Wizard	O
can	O
automatically	O
add	O
publications	O
to	O
colwiz	B-Application
Library	O
from	O
other	O
common	O
reference	O
libraries	O
(	O
including	O
reference	O
only	O
from	O
EndNote	B-Library
whereas	O
references	O
and	O
PDFs	B-Application
from	O
Mendeley	B-Language
and	O
Zotero	B-Application
)	O
or	O
individually	O
from	O
folders	O
,	O
supporting	O
several	O
different	O
file	O
formats	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
BibTeX	B-Language
,	O
PDF	B-Application
and	O
RIS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
research	O
articles	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
with	O
the	O
in-built	O
search	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
users	O
direct	O
access	O
to	O
references	O
from	O
over	O
30	O
different	O
databases	O
and	O
file	O
repositories	O
(	O
including	O
ISI	B-Library
Web	I-Library
of	I-Library
Knowledge	I-Library
,	O
Google	B-Library
Scholar	I-Library
,	O
PubMed	B-Library
,	O
Science	O
Direct	O
and	O
Scopus	B-Library
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
add	O
notes	O
,	O
links	O
,	O
article	O
and	O
other	O
supporting	O
files	O
to	O
each	O
reference	O
in	O
their	O
colwiz	B-Application
Library	O
;	O
they	O
can	O
also	O
edit	O
reference	O
details	O
if	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
integrated	O
Interactive	O
PDF	B-Application
Reader	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
take	O
notes	O
and	O
highlight	O
the	O
article	O
directly	O
in	O
the	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
making	O
any	O
such	O
annotations	O
shareable	O
and	O
searchable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	O
account	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
add	O
5000	O
reference	O
entries	O
and	O
2GB	O
of	O
free	O
storage	O
for	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
colwiz	B-Application
Drive	O
is	O
a	O
cloud	O
storage	O
application	O
which	O
lets	O
users	O
store	O
,	O
share	O
and	O
manage	O
their	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Drive	O
also	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
backup	O
for	O
colwiz	B-Application
Library	O
metadata	O
and	O
personal	O
file	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
colwiz	B-Application
Web	O
interface	O
provides	O
users	O
with	O
a	O
free	O
platform	O
to	O
collaborate	O
on	O
research	O
projects	O
and	O
events	O
in	O
Groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
collaborating	O
and	O
communicating	O
with	O
fellow	O
researchers	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
also	O
access	O
their	O
colwiz	B-Application
Library	O
online	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
functionalities	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
Desktop	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
colwiz	B-Application
Bookmarklet	O
for	O
web	O
browsers	O
provides	O
a	O
shortcut	O
for	O
importing	O
publications	O
to	O
the	O
Library	O
;	O
users	O
can	O
import	O
references	O
to	O
their	O
colwiz	B-Application
Library	O
directly	O
from	O
their	O
internet	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
colwiz	B-Application
Bookmarklet	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
all	O
common	O
web	O
browsers	O
(	O
including	O
Apple	B-Application
Safari	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Explorer	I-Application
and	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
colwiz	B-Application
Desktop	O
Application	O
offers	O
built-in	O
support	O
for	O
citation	O
plugins	O
for	O
Word	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
citation	O
plugin	O
is	O
supported	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
(	O
2003	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
2016	O
)	O
,	O
Neo	B-Application
Office	I-Application
(	O
3.x	O
)	O
,	O
Open	B-Application
Office	I-Application
(	O
3.x	O
)	O
,	O
Libre	B-Application
Office	I-Application
(	O
3.x	O
)	O
and	O
Star	B-Application
Office	I-Application
(	O
9.x	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
colwiz	B-Application
also	O
supports	O
citation	O
in	O
LaTeX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
colwiz	B-Application
Mobile	O
Application	O
is	O
available	O
through	O
the	O
Apple	O
Store	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
and	O
also	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
smart	O
phones	O
and	O
Tablets	O
through	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
applications	O
allow	O
colwiz	B-Application
Library	O
to	O
be	O
accessible	O
while	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mobile	O
applications	O
are	O
synced	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
through	O
colwiz	B-Application
Web	O
,	O
and	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
search	O
and	O
add	O
new	O
references	O
to	O
colwiz	B-Application
Library	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
attach	O
article	O
PDFs	B-Application
to	O
references	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
colwiz	B-Application
Web	O
hosts	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
social	O
networking	O
features	O
for	O
researchers	O
,	O
including	O
an	O
activity	O
thread	O
,	O
publication	O
pinboard	O
,	O
and	O
personalised	O
research	O
profiles	O
.	O
</s>
