Random numbers added to the "extra field"

dkarbowski
Hello,

Zotero is adding random numbers to the extra field. This is a recent problem (1 month maybe?), I did not observe this before.

Some details about how we use Zotero and could somehow be related to the issue:
- we use the extra field to put the name of the author's organization (e.g. "Ohio State Univ")
- At some point, Zotero adds some random numbers to the extra field (e.g. "00005 Ohio State Univ"); there is a carriage return between the number and the original string).
- Zotero also adds the number even when the extra field is left blank
- This does not seem to affect older entries
- we are two working on the same shared library
- the cloud storage is currently maxed out (working with procurement to buy more of it), so not all the files are uploaded.

Thanks for your help.
  • adamsmith
    almost certainly, one of you has the add-on "Google Scholar Citations for Zotero" installed. That puts citation counts from google scholar into the extra field:
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/zotero-scholar-citations/
  • dkarbowski
    That was indeed the case! My colleague had it installed. I did not know about that plug-in, which is actually useful, but incompatible with the way we use the extra field.

    So maybe some suggestions for new features:
    - dedicated field "Authors Organization"
    - and/or: more than one extra field

    Thanks for the quick feedback, and thanks for the great work behind Zotero.

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