There is a whole separate guide for reference management
There are a great number of parallel systems, some uses the surname, other uses numbers. Many journals have their own standards.
Example styles:
Harvard: (Surname year)
IEEE: [1]
Vancouver: (2)
Oxford: ³
It allows you to:
Free
The library offers support for Zotero
Tutorials are available online.
Free and compatible with LaTeX.
The library doesn't offer any support, but tutorials are available online.
The online version is free when you register via Web of Science, My Tools, EndNote.
The library doesn't offer any support, but tutorials are available online.
Create your own ORCID and/or Researcher ID (Web of Science's own identifier) when you start publishing.
It's a unique identifier, used worldwide, that you keep throughout your life, also when you change institution.
It identifies you and your work, and prevents confusion between you and others with the same name or initials.