Five Free Or Cheap Software Every Researcher Should Know

At Pharmynx, we believe in equipping researchers with powerful and accessible tools that will enable them to focus on their research.

Here, we have provided five free or cheap software tools that every researcher should know about to streamline their research and amplify their impact:

1. Zotero/Mendeley

   Zotero and Mendeley are free reference management tools that can help you to organize, store, and cite your sources. Both of these programs help you to save and manage your references, generate your bibliographies and even share your libraries with others. The last thing that you need is to be writing an article and be waist deep in trying to find your references.

   
   

2. BioRender

   BioRender is a web-based scientific illustration and figure creation tool. It allows you to create scientific figures, diagrams and illustrations using its library of scientific icons and templates. BioRender is perfect for poster design or figures for research articles. BioRender offers student pricing if academic email is used to register for individual use account.

3. ImageJ

   ImageJ is a free and open-source image processing program that is commonly used in research for visualizing, editing, analyzing and processing images. It is highly beneficial in the analysis of microscopy images, quantifying fluorescence and protein expression as well as measuring cell size and shape. ImageJ is used in several scientific disciplines including astronomy, geology, engineering etc.

   
   

4. RStudio

   RStudio is a free and open-source Integrated Development Environment for the R programming language. With a user-friendly interface, it enhances the R programming experience with features like code completion, syntax highlighting and easy access to data, plots and other resources.

   
   

5. GraphPad Prism

   GraphPad Prism is a software tool used for creating graphs and performing statistical analyses. Designed for scientists and researchers, it offers a range of statistical analyses and graphing options. GraphPad Prism also includes features for data organization, curve fitting and even the option to explore complex relationships in the data.