why aren't you just using the translator/URL bar icon?
Also, where are you clicking "RIS" on google scholar? I can get it to show "Import to Endnote" and "Import to RefMan", both of which do also import into Zotero. If you actually import an RIS file, yes, that does go into a new collection and always has.

You need to install the Chrome connector to get the browser icons in Chrome as well, available from here: http://www.zotero.org/support/3.0#zotero_standalone

A manual import of those files will create a new collection, but the connector makes it possible to get one-click imports from Chrome while using Standalone.

You may find it easier to modify your Google Scholar settings to reduce the number of results per page, but what you're seeing is in fact the recommended procedure for saving from sites like Google Scholar from Zotero Classic as well-- there is no substantial difference between Chrome+Standalone and Zotero Classic in this case.

When you use the Google Scholar translator, it changes the links from RIS to BibTeX, which doesn't have a MIME type, which is why it doesn't get auto-imported. You can change this back in your Google Scholar preferences.

In Standalone with the connectors, the same code gets executed when you click a link to an RIS file from a webpage or double-click an RIS file on the drive, which is why that dialog appears, and why the item(s) import into a new collection. We could potentially provide a preference to suppress the dialog and/or not make a new collection on import.

Real world example of the ris download into a new collection problem:

When I am on the SpringerLink site and use the address bar icon the download does not include the article abstract and includes both the print and electronic ISSNs.

If I download the same record using the Springer "Export Citation" process, I can get the abstract and only one ISSN. However, that requires many clicks:

1. EXPORT CITATION
2. select citation + abstract
3. export citation (again)
4. FF OPEN WITH dialog box select Zotero SA OK
5. Citation.ris may be an application....Are you sure... OPEN
6. Import file Do you want to import the file "citation.ris"? Items will be added to a new collection. OK
7. Move item into the desired collection
8. Delete item from collection
9. Delete the now empty collection

As it stands now, when I download records from SpringerLink using the address bar icon; I download each item individually, copy and paste-in the abstract, and remove one of the ISSNs. (I don't want two ISSNs for Springer journals and only one for those of other publishers.) A further problem with this method is that my university library's proxy connection to SpringerLink is always slow and usually painfully slow.

The "download into a new connection" has been the only Zotero design issue that causes me extra work. I've followed several forum issues where this has been discussed. It has been my only real frustration. If there is a philosophical need to keep items that were downloaded from a publisher's RIS separate from those downloaded using the address bar icon, please allow these to be downloaded into one single collection for that purpose instead of creating a new collection with each download. This could be a new standard collection similar to the recently added standard collections: "outside" and "duplicate items".

Thank you for considering changes to the way Zotero handles ris imports.

I am working with Springer on getting their XML metadata so that their journal contents may be included in our online database. If someone can let me know specifically what is wrong with the way that Springer serves their data and specifically what changes they should make, I will pass that along.

Springer would save work by simply modifying how their website serves article metadata instead of setting up several hundred XML feeds to my FTP system. Because I will be selectively including articles from their journals instead of indexing them cover-to-cover, I would prefer to gather metadata from the SpringerLink website using Zotero instead of getting metadata fed to my pre-production FTP site.

Thank you. I'll post when there is any progress.

Same problem- and I can't get the Chrome adaptor to install. I think that's because I'm not an administrator on my work PC (haven't tested at home yet though). No error message, just nothing happens.

An option to add the reference in an existing collection would be great. Or an easy way to merge large numbers of collections.

Thanks for a great tool.

This will happen and there is no reason against this, just a question on the exact implementation and the fact that someone has to do it. That said, e.g. from google scholar, you really should use the translator/icon in the URL bar for smoother import and better

Btw. on a completely different note - DWL, did you see we have been able to fix the SpringerLink translator?

that one was all me* - I'm quite proud of it ;-).

*if you set aside the more general issue of Avram's and Simon's endless patience in pointing out my beginner's js errors over the last year.

import from clipboard goes to the currently selected collection. That has changed since the last post in this thread and seems like a good solution to me.

right- what I'm saying is that you can just open them with a text editor and use import from clipboard - only minimally more work and it gets them into the right collection.

Sorry, I forgot to mention a key point for me. I will often work in sessions where I will gather a lot of journal articles and then file them in appropriate sub collections later. At the moment RIS import drops each into a separate new collection with a journal identifier based name. The copy and paste will work for each independent file but won't speed up the filing if I select multiple RIS items. Having a preferred nice for them to all go to an unfiled location would solve this.
Love Zotero though and have found solutions to most problems on these forums - this is only a minor annoyance. All the best.