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Stop Bookmarking One by One: I Turned My Private Collection of 106 Productivity Websites into a Toolbox

A 2025 one-stop collection of research and academic tools, featuring 106 productivity websites across 18 categories. It covers paper writing, literature access, academic search, color palettes and visualization, presentation templates, journal evaluation, DOI parsing, and more. The navigation is clearly categorized, saves search time, reduces useless detours, supports keyword search and mobile browsing, and will continue to be updated collaboratively.

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Introduction
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Half a year ago, I shared a post called Essential Tools for Research Figures and Paper Writing: A One-Stop Guide to Efficient Plotting and Literature Resources. But tools keep changing, needs keep growing, and my own bookmarks had long become overloaded. The more links I saved, the harder they became to find. To solve this pain point properly, I spent several weeks collecting and organizing those websites here: Rose’s Toolbox.

This is not just a navigation page. It is a curated collection that I will keep updating.

At the moment, the toolbox has carefully organized 18 major categories and 106 useful websites.

Suggestion: press Ctrl + D to bookmark Rose’s Toolbox so it is easier to use later.

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What It Covers
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  • Research essentials: literature access, DOI parsing, paper maps, academic communities, journal evaluation, research tools, citation formats, and more.
  • Design and development: visual assets, color-palette websites, presentation templates, presentation plugins, font resources, recommended GitHub projects, and more.
  • General tools: online utilities, public data, resource sharing, model leaderboards, and everything related to Rose.

It covers almost every stage from academic research to daily work and personal improvement.

Website Recommendations
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If you also have a hidden-gem website, please tell me in the comment section of this post or through Bilibili direct messages/comments. Please include the website name, URL, and why you recommend it.

You can also click this link to email me quickly: Recommend a tool to Rose

Let’s make this website better together.

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