Input file
ENL
- Full Name: Endnote Library Format
- Developer: Thomson Reuters
Output file
RIS
- Full Name: Research Information Systems Citation Format
- Developer: Research Information Systems
What is ENL file?
The ENL file extension is most commonly associated with the EndNote Library software. EndNote is a reference management software created by Clarivate Analytics that helps organize citations, create and collaborate on bibliographies while writing scholarly documents. The ENL file stores references, categories or groups and other information that was entered into the software. It is the primary file type used for saving data entered into and created by this program. [ ⏩ ] ENL file extension
What is RIS file?
The .RIS file extension is associated with reference data used in bibliographic software applications such as EndNote, Refworks, and BibTeX. This type of file is stored in a plain text ASCII format and contains information about document citations including title, author, year of publication, pages and other related information. The editor application creates a .RIS file in order to store the source information so that it can be easily imported into one of the compatible programs. [ ⏩ ] RIS file extension
Software, that you can use to convert
How to convert the file from ENL to RIS?
To successfully convert the ENL file to RIS, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.ENL). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case RIS (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than RIS).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. ENL to RIS. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting ENL files to RIS files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension RIS, while before this step we had the ENL file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new RIS file, or not.