Cochrane Library Import issues

kshotick

Trying to troubleshoot this puzzling issue. After conducting the following advanced search in Cochrane Library ("therapeutic ultrasound" in Title Abstract Keyword AND "physical therapy" in Title Abstract Keyword OR "therapeutic exercise" in Title Abstract Keyword in Title Abstract Keyword OR manual therapy in Title Abstract Keyword AND "adhesive capsulitis")
and selecting all 230 results, Export to RIS, import RIS in Zotero, there are almost 2,000 results imported. If I manually select each of the 230 results (instead of "select all") it does import just the 230. Other large advanced searches with different keywords are not causing this issue. I'm at a loss!

poettli

I am not sure if I performed the same request, because yours is quite messy in the thread. I went with:

Title Abstract Keyword: "therapeutic ultrasound"
AND Title Abstract Keyword: "physical therapy"
OR Title Abstract Keyword: "therapeutic exercise"
OR Title Abstract Keyword: "manual therapy"
AND Title Abstract Keyword: "adhesive capsulitis"

I got

222 Cochrane Reviews matching therapeutic ultrasound in Title Abstract Keyword AND physical therapy in Title Abstract Keyword OR therapeutic exercise in Title Abstract Keyword OR manual therapy in Title Abstract Keyword AND adhesive capsulitis in Title Abstract Keyword - (Word variations have been searched)

(The difference in the number of citations might be due to a different request from yours.)
After selecting all 222, exporting them in RIS (EndNote) format and importing the file in Zotero (v. 7.1-beta.24+929147b33), I get 222 items:
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With the same request, I also noticed that 17230 trials are found, but I am not a registered user, so I don't have an access to them. Is there a possibility that the RIS file also includes these trials in your case?

Zotero 7.1-beta.24+929147b33
Firefox 137.0

kshotick

Sorry about that. No, there are 14,851 trials, and the total import is 1,256 when it should be 230.
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Export>RIS Endnote
(Zotero) Import RIS

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Interestingly, when I do a slightly different search (changing out "manual therapy" for "physiotherapy") it works as expected. When I select all 230 sources one by one, rather than "select all," it works. For some reason that particular search plus select all results in 5 times the sources. And they seem to have nothing to do with the topic.

adamsmith

If you're getting the wrong items, that's definitely a Cochrane issue and you'd need to report to them -- you can look into the RIS file with a text editor and see them there, this has nothing to do with Zotero, which just imports the RIS file it's fed.
(If you report to them, you're less likely to cause misunderstandings if you just talk about the RIS file and not about Zotero)

kshotick

Thank you! I will reach out (and look at the textfile). Much appreciated.