Glossary of Icons in Papers
Papers uses different icons throughout the program. This glossary will help you discover Papers more in depth, and how the icons you encounter can help keep your library organized.
General icons
- Blue dots show up next to unread documents in
your library.
- A half blue dot indicates you have
opened the document and started reading it, but you may not have
finished reading it yet.
- Papers detected an error,
this icon is displayed when your library contains duplicates of the
same paper.
- Citations
- Drag and drop your
publications into this importing box.
Searching in Papers
- This icon is displayed next to articles
already imported to your library.
Collections
Manual collections: to include
articles or documents into these collections you manually have to
drag and drop them into the collection.
Smart collections include articles and
documents based on criteria you set, for example all papers with
more than three stars, or all papers containing a specific
keyword.
Livfe collections are those collections
you create to use with Papers Livfe. You can keep these collections
private and share them only with the people you invite, or you can
make your collection public for all users to see and subscribe
to.
Authors
- Address card displayed next to
author's names in the authors list view.
- This icon is displayed in the
authors list next to an institutional author or company name.
- Author icon displayed next to individual
authors in the authors list.
Document types
Article
Journal Articles / reprint
Magazine
Newspaper
Conference proceeding
Manuscript
Book
Book /Booklet / eBook / Book Chapter
(New) Manuscript
Thesis / Thesis Chapter
Media
Artwork
Illustration / Painting
Map
Sculpture
Chart / Diagram
Equation
Figure / Photo
Table
Presentation
Poster
Broadcast / Interview
Film
Video
Podcast
Song
Database
Grants
Invoice
Recording
Media
Movie
Audio file
Recipe
Constitution