Issue with Zotero 7: "无" appearing in references when journal series title is missing

meng_edu · 2024-12-21T09:26:55+00:00

Hello,

I am using Zotero 7, and I’ve encountered an issue when capturing bibliographic items using plugins. In some cases, when certain fields like the journal series title, series are missing, Zotero automatically inserts the Chinese character “无” (meaning “none” or “empty”), which causes mixed Chinese and English text in the generated reference list.

For example, the following entry appears as:

S A, A., C, S., P, D., G, A., Maniyan Lathikakumari, A., V Thomas, S., N Menon, R., 2024. Analysis of EEG microstates as biomarkers in neuropsychological processes - Review. Comput Biol Med, 无 173, 108266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108266

This results in inconsistent formatting and mixing of languages in the reference list, which is undesirable. Is there a way to prevent this from happening or to fix this issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated!