How to open BibTeX document .bibtex files
Have you had trouble opening the bibtex file on your computer? What are bibtex files? We explain what they are and recommend software that we know will open them.
What is bibtex file?
Files with bibtex extension can be most typically found as bibliographic databases from BibTeX reference management software.
BibTeX document description
File extension bibtex is used for a native BIBTEX doctype class is for BibTeX bibliographic databases as used by the LaTeX package for the TeX-typesetting program.
A .bibtex doctype supports TeX macro encodings of European characters, string substitution and hypertext links to "crossref" entries.
MIME types:
application/x-bibtex
Suggested software to open bibtex file
BibTeX
A reference handling program for LaTeX documents

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