ScienceDirect Mysteries: The site or zotero?

hansi linderoth
ScienceDirect. Sometimes, not always, zotero downloads incorrect fulltext pdf (only the pdf is the wrong one - the citation data is ok). Manual link on the webpage opens the correct pdf, but zotero's auto-download retrieves another pdf. Sample (links won't work from here, just to show the discrepancies),

Manual link on webpage to correct pdf:
http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.its.uu.se/science?_ob=MImg
&_imagekey=B6WH8-4D5W262-32-1&_cdi=6844&_user=651519
&_orig=browse&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F1974
&_sk=999989998&view=c&wchp=dGLbVlW-zSkWA
&md5=a8d25ab6c4cbfdba93145a1eaca1983b&ie=/sdarticle.pdf

Link listed in zotero for the downloaded - incorrect - pdf:
http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.its.uu.se/science?_ob=MImg
&_imagekey=B6WG9-4D7CNDG-2-1&_cdi=6817&_user=651519
&_orig=article&_coverDate=05%2F31%2F1985
&_sk=999879997&view=c&wchp=dGLbVlb-zSkzk
&md5=ebadf9d522b05f55fd06208cfa599a7f&ie=/sdarticle.pdf

As can be seen, the variable "_imagekey" (which is the article's ID I believe) + following variables does not match. Is it the site feeding zotero bad data or is it the translator?
  • canderoc
    Recent problems (this weekend) were fixed with a translator update. It should automatically update your Zotero soon, or you can do it manually through Preferences: General Tab: click "Update Now". Worked for me, but may have been a different problem.
  • hansi linderoth
    edited April 14, 2008
    I've seen the recent thread on ScienceDirect and updated well before posting this thread. So this problem persists. A bit of a mystery because it occurs only now and then, makes me suspect the site is to blame rather than zotero - but I really can't tell which.
  • noksagt
    edited April 14, 2008
    With the current translators, Zotero grabs the wrong PDF for:

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0010-938X%2894%2990020-5



    EDIT: Note that there is something peculiar with the URL parser on these forums, as parentheses, (), are not correctly parsed in text within a link (a href). I had to URL encode them in both the link and in this text. Hope this has nothing to do with my request that angle brackets serve as linking delimiters in text mode (which are the uniquely recommended delimiters from several folks [1][2][3]) ....
  • giclin
    I have the same problem with updated translator.
    I think the problem might be because ScienceDirect changed their website format a little bit. And now they list the related articles on the right, but also listed their corresponding pdf links. I think this might be the problem.

    for exapmle, when i capture this page:

    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WSS-4CK7246-C&_user=5866281&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000059541&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=5866281&md5=52ffc43b7fbee5ae7124f76ed9262795

    it will capture the pdf of the first related article, instead of the correct one.
  • stefanlechner
    giclin is absolutely right. Zotero always grabs the first related article and the problem persists even after updating (Apr.15, 9a.m. GMT) the site translaters.
  • sean
    The problem should now be fixed. Your translators will update automatically within 24 hours, or you can click "Update now" in Zotero preferences.
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