Nature RIS files

demetriodn
Hello,
RIS files from Nature magazine wont open with Zotero, even with the "Open RIS files with Zotero" checkbox checked in preferences.
I read some past posts in the forum saying it has something to do with the header Nature puts in their RIS files, but i also read that this problem was to be solved in 2007.
Can anybody help me?
  • Tjowens
    Can you post a link to an article that fails?
  • demetriodn
    Yes,
    http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v424/n6950/full/nature01799.html
    but any article will do the same.

    When i click export reference firefox opens the window for saving. In the options there are "Web export helper(default)", which opens with endnote, and Mozilla Firefox, which opens a windows saying:
    "C:\Temp\nature01799refs-1.ris could not be opened, because an unknown error occurred. Try saving to disk first and then opening the file."
    When i save the file first and open it with firefox he just tries to save it again.
  • Tjowens
    Why not just use the article icon in the location bar? That worked great for me.
  • demetriodn
    sorry, i am really newbie in zotero
    I didnt find/didnt understand what you meant with article icon in the location bar. Is it some place in the Nature magazine's webpage? I couldn't find it. Could you be more specific please?
    Thanks a lot
  • Tjowens
    Take a look at the first image under "when Zotero senses items on a webpage" http://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_guide
  • demetriodn
    Of course!!!
    Im sorry for my stupidity
    Keep up this excellent work
    Thanks
  • thompsma
    However, this is only a partial solution. The formatting is all wrong when you do this. It would be nice if there was a way to get nature articles to download directly into Zotero. Are there any solutions?
  • noksagt
    The formatting is all wrong when you do this.
    Can you give an example of a URL & explain how the formatting is "all wrong?"
  • thompsma
    Thanks for the response. As demetriodn stated earlier:

    "Yes, http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v424/n6950/full/nature01799.html
    but any article will do the same."

    You can select any article on nature.com and it will do the same.

    The formatting is wrong because the author's names get lumped together so when you export a citation in APA format, for example, you get something like Thompson, M. D. G. M. for a multi-author paper. In this example the second author's name would be Gordon, M. and subsequent author names are excluded. There are other formatting details that get messed up.
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