Importing a RIS File
Many Web-based resources offer bibliographic information export in RIS format. When you perform the export one or more references will be exported to a text file with the .ris extenstion.
The text file contains tags consisting of a two-letter field code, two spaces, a hyphen, and one space followed by the contents of the fields. A typical RIS entry looks like this:
TY – BOOK
T1 – The virtual linguistics campus
SN – 9783830916895
T2 – Strategies and concepts for successful e-learning
KW - E-Learning
PB – Waxmann
PY – 2006
CY – Münster
A2 – Handke, Jürgen
A2 – Franke, Peter
ER -
Importing a RIS File
- Many web-based databases support direct export to Citavi. See Searching Web Resources.
- If you have a RIS file (with the .ris file name extension) on your computer already, double-click it to start the import or drag it into the navigation pane in the Reference Editor.
The reference types supported in RIS format differ to some degree from the ones available in Citavi. This overview shows the mapping of reference types when importing from RIS format:
RIS Feldname |
RIS Dokumententyp |
Citavi Dokumententyp |
|---|---|---|
ABST |
Abstract |
Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ADVS |
Audiovisual material |
Ton- oder Filmdokument |
ART |
Art Work |
Unklarer Dokumententyp |
BILL |
Bill/Resolution |
Unklarer Dokumententyp |
BOOK |
Book, Whole |
Monographie |
CASE |
Case |
Unklarer Dokumententyp |
CHAP |
Book chapter |
Beitrag in |
COMP |
Computer program |
Software |
CONF |
Conference proceeding |
Tagungsband |
CTLG |
Catalog |
Unklarer Dokumententyp |
DATA |
Data file |
Unklarer Dokumententyp |
ELEC |
Electronic Citation |
Internetdokument |
GEN |
Generic |
Unklarer Dokumententyp |
HEAR |
Hearing |
Unklarer Dokumententyp |
ICOMM |
Internet Communication |
Internetdokument |
INPR |
In Press |
Unklarer Dokumententyp |
JFULL |
Journal (full) |
Unklarer Dokumententyp |
JOUR |
Journal |
Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
MAP |
Map |
Geographische Karte |
MGZN |
Magazine article |
Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
MPCT |
Motion picture |
Spielfilm |
MUSIC |
Music score |
Musikwerk/Musikalbum |
NEWS |
Newspaper |
Zeitungsartikel |
PAMP |
Pamphlet |
Unklarer Dokumententyp |
PAT |
Patent |
Patentschrift |
PCOMM |
Personal communication |
Persönliche Mitteilung |
RPRT |
RePort |
Graue Literatur / Bericht / RePort |
SER |
Serial (Book, Monograph) |
Monographie |
SLIDE |
Slide |
Unklarer Dokumententyp |
SOUND |
Sound recording |
Ton- oder Filmdokument |
STAT |
Statute |
Gesetz/Verordnung |
THES |
Thesis/Dissertation |
Hochschulschrift |
UNBILl |
Unenacted bill/resolution |
Unklarer Dokumententyp |
UNPB |
Unpublished work |
Graue Literatur, Bericht, RePort |
VIDEO |
Video recording |
Ton- oder Filmdokument |
Reference Type Mapping
When you import a RIS file to Citavi, the fields are mapped as follows:
RIS |
Citavi (interner Feldname) |
|---|---|
TY |
ReferenceType |
A1; AU |
Authors |
Y1; PY |
Year |
T1, TI, CT, BT |
Title1 |
A2; ED |
Editors |
T2; BT |
Title2; ParentReference |
CP; CY |
PlacePublished |
PB |
Publishers |
VL |
Volume |
IS |
Number |
SP |
PageRange |
JO; JF |
Journal |
A3 |
Collaborators |
T3 |
SeriesTitle |
ET |
Edition |
Y2 |
Date |
JA |
Journal |
SN |
Isbn/Issn |
U1 |
SpecialText1 |
U2 |
SpecialText2 |
U3 |
SpecialText3 |
U4 |
SpecialText4 |
U5 |
SpecialText5 |
KW |
Keywords |
N2 |
Abstract |
N1 |
Notes |
UR |
OnlineAddress1 |
L1-L4 |
InternetLink |
DO |
DOI |
SP + EP |
PageRange |
H1 |
StandPlace of publication |
H2 |
Signatur |