free · in-browser · no upload
Drop your WOS file. We'll convert it to YAML right here in your browser, your file never leaves your device.
Select your file here to get started
or drop your file here.
Accepts .txt, .ciw, .isi
How it works
Click the dropzone above or drag a WOS from your desktop. Files of any size, there's no upload, so there's no upload limit.
The conversion runs entirely in this tab using JavaScript and WebAssembly. Your file never touches our servers, we don't have any.
Get your YAML the moment the conversion finishes. Convert another, or close the tab.
Your file is never uploaded. The entire conversion runs in your browser using WebAssembly. We can't see what you convert because we have no server to see it.
Server converters cap free users at 1-2 GB and gate larger files behind a paid plan. Since nothing uploads, our limit is whatever your browser can handle.
No account required. No watermark on the output. No queue. Drop a file, get a converted file.
Why convert Web of Science → YAML (CSL)
Web of Science (Clarivate) and the older ISI export references as a tagged plain-text file, the format VOSviewer, bibliometrix, and CiteSpace read. This converts that export to YAML (CSL) so you can load the records into a Pandoc bibliography. Title, authors, year, source, volume, issue, pages, DOI, and keywords all carry across. Runs in your browser, nothing is uploaded.
You ran a Web of Science search, chose Export then Plain Text, and need the records in YAML (CSL) for a Pandoc bibliography. Drop the savedrecs.txt here and get YAML (CSL) back.
The file is not recognized.
Export from Web of Science as Plain Text (the tagged format starting with FN and PT lines), not as Tab-delimited or BibTeX. Each record must end with an ER line.
Formats involved
WOS is a file format we support converting. Detailed format information is being added, for now, drop your file in the converter above and you'll get the conversion you came for.
How to open
Most operating systems open this format with a default application; if not, search for a free reader/viewer for the format.
YAML is a human-readable config format that's a strict superset of JSON. Used by Docker Compose, Kubernetes manifests, GitHub Actions workflows, Ansible playbooks, OpenAPI/Swagger specs, and CircleCI configs. Indentation matters, which trips up users accustomed to brace-based configs. Spec versions: 1.1 (2005, Ruby/Python ecosystems) and 1.2 (2009, current). Most tools default to a 1.1/1.2 hybrid.
How to open
Any text editor. VS Code, IntelliJ, and most modern IDEs ship YAML syntax highlighting and validation. The `yamllint` CLI catches indentation bugs before they reach CI.
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FAQ
Yes. No signup, no watermark, no daily file count limit. Every conversion runs in your browser, your file never touches our servers because there are no servers.
Nowhere. The conversion runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript and WebAssembly. Your file is never uploaded to our servers. We don't have any servers handling files, there's nothing for us to log, store, or accidentally leak.
Whatever your browser can hold in memory. Practically, this means a few hundred MB on most computers, significantly larger than the 1-2 GB caps that server-upload converters charge for. Very large files (multi-GB) may require closing other browser tabs first.
File interchange. DevOps configuration (Kubernetes, Docker Compose, CI workflows). The most common reason to convert is compatibility, YAML works in places where WOS doesn't, or vice versa.
Most operating systems open this format with a default application; if not, search for a free reader/viewer for the format.
Once the page is loaded, the conversion itself runs entirely offline. The first time you use a tool, your browser downloads the conversion library (a one-time cache). If you reload while offline, the page won't load, but you can install the site as a Progressive Web App for full offline use.
Single file at a time for now. Batch conversion is on the roadmap, for now, drop one file, download the result, then convert the next.
