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Sync Zotero to Notion

Automatically sync your Zotero library to Notion — references, authors, DOIs, abstracts and highlights — no plugins to break. Set it up once and stay in sync.

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Your citations live in Zotero. Your writing and notes live in Notion. Keeping the two in sync usually means a brittle plugin or endless copy-paste — until one of them silently stops working.

Citebridge connects Zotero to Notion as a hosted service. You authorise both once, pick the collections you care about, and your references flow into a Notion database automatically — with the metadata intact and nothing to maintain.

The manual way to get Zotero into Notion — and why it breaks

The popular free route is the Notero plugin. It works until it doesn't: it runs only while Zotero is open on your desktop, it breaks on Notion API changes, and the Zotero forums are full of "Notero won't sync" threads with no one on the hook to fix them. For a reference system you rely on to write papers, "free but occasionally broken" is expensive.

How Citebridge syncs Zotero to Notion

  1. 1 Connect your Zotero account (OAuth + API key — read access to your library).
  2. 2 Connect your Notion workspace; Citebridge creates the reference database schema for you.
  3. 3 Choose which Zotero collections or tags to sync (or sync everything).
  4. 4 Citebridge pulls your references and pushes them into Notion — and keeps them updated on a schedule.

What gets synced

Zotero Notion
Title → Title (Notion page name)
Authors (with ORCID) → Authors property
DOI → DOI property
URL → URL property
Abstract → Abstract / page body
Date, item type, publication → Metadata properties
Highlights & annotations → Page content blocks
Collections / tags → Notion tags / multi-select

Frequently asked questions

Does Citebridge need Zotero to be open on my computer?

No. Unlike a desktop plugin, Citebridge syncs in the cloud on a schedule, whether or not Zotero is running.

Will it overwrite my Notion pages?

No. Citebridge tracks what it has already synced and updates in place rather than creating duplicates.

Is my data safe?

Your OAuth tokens are encrypted at rest, and Citebridge only requests the access it needs to read Zotero and write to your chosen Notion database.

How is this different from Notero?

Notero is a free desktop plugin; Citebridge is a hosted service that runs without your computer, supports multiple source apps, and comes with real support. See the full comparison on our Notero vs Citebridge page.

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Keep Zotero and Notion in sync — automatically

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