Qiqqa is by far the strongest solution for research and managing pdf's. Zotero, named as a comparison is weak as it does not allow pdf;s to be loaded into its interface - you need to use a pdf reader, which defeats its whole purpose. With Qiqqa documents in a library can be searched together. It has excellent maps of your libraries. It is not prefect, having a few glitches, but still is the only one of its kind.
Mendeley - Easily organize your papers, read & annotate your PDFs, collaborate in private or open groups, and securely access your research from everywhere.
Academia.edu - Academia is a website where you can share papers that are written with other users. You can use a Google or Facebook account to sign in to the website.
Zotero - Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
Google for Education - Google for Education takes the cast analytical knowledge of Google and transforms it into a platform that educators can use to better communicate with their students in innovative ways.
JabRef - Graphical Java application for managing bibtex (. bib) databases.JabRef · JabRef Help · JabRef | Blog · OpenOffice/LibreOffice .
Crossref - Crossref makes research outputs easy to find, cite, link, assess, and reuse. We’re a not-for-profit membership organization that exists to make scholarly communications better.