File with RIS extension contains information about cited publications or references to them, saved in text format developed by Research Information Systems in 2008. The format was created to standardize the data exchange between various citation software tools. RIS file has a size limit of 1MB.
Files with the .PDF extension contains text or graphic documents, stored in a format designed in order to provide portability between applications and platforms. It stores a flat document of constant appearance, a digital printout. Specification was developed in the 90s by the Adobe company.
After converting the file to the new format, you will be able to use other programs to support it. Keep in mind, however, that the RIS file after converting to PDF may differ slightly from the original. The most important information should be kept, but if you want the file after conversion from RIS to PDF to be the same, you have to do this carefully and choose the proper application from the list below.
There is no guarantee, of course, that the conversion will come up to all your expectations, but it will certainly help you. If, after all, the effect of converting RIS to PDF does not meet your expectations, you can simply try to find on the Internet a different version of your file in RIS format, properly converted to a PDF file by someone else. If this fails, use the information provided in the further part of the website.
If after converting the file RIS the desired result was not achieved, you can try to change the format of RIS file to other than PDF. On our website you will find more information on the following conversion options
Unfortunately, if after performing the two previously described steps (trying to find your RIS file converted by someone else, and the attempt to convert it to PDF on your own) you still have a problem with your file, then there are only a few solutions left. You can once again try to find and install an application that can open the RIS file in its original format (without conversion to PDF file). Such a solution will be difficult to implement, but it certainly will give the best result.