Inconsistent pdf capture

Brian O · September 19, 2008

Sometimes Zotero captures pdfs for me and sometimes it doesn't. I have the option checked requesting automatic attaching of pdfs.

Here's one that works (from an old discussion thread):
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/srchabstract.jsp?arnumber=551694&isnumber=11966&punumber=83&k2dockey=551694@ieeejrns&query=((methods+for+reconstruction+of+2-d+sequences+from+fourier)<in>metadata)&pos=0

And here are two that don't work (both APS journals):
http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000101000012120601000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes

http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PLRAAN000078000003031802000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes

Brian O · September 23, 2008

I would really love it if someone tried the 2nd or 3rd links above, to see if the problem is with my setup or someplace else...

sean · September 23, 2008

Because of problems with gated resources or because translator developers have not yet added the functionality, not all translators grab PDFs. Your Scitation translator is working as designed.

Brian O · September 23, 2008

Thanks, sean. I could have sworn that APS journals were working for me when I first started using Zotero, but I must have been mistaken.

For the tech-ignorant user that I am, could you interpret part of your response for me? Is this something that APS needs to fix, Zotero developers, or someone else? How soon might auto-pdf-grabbing work on APS sites?

oldtimer · October 10, 2008

Hi,

On scitation.aip.org, pdf-capture is broken and abstracts(!) do not appear.
It matters, since this concerns some of the most important physics journals,
like Phys. Rev. Lett.

Example:
http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000097000011110403000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes

Can this PLEASE be repaired ? Thanks !

ripero · September 27, 2009

Articles from APS journals are served from scitation.aps.org only if they were published from the 1st of January of 2006. Previous articles are served from prola.aps.org, which is managed through a completely different translator, "PROLA.js", which fully works (at least grabs both abstracts and pdf's correctly).