Long references preventing sync
Hello,
It seems a number of imports from Medline and PsycInfo with multiple and many authors are preventing my Zotero from syncing. There are 1000s of imports, and I fear it may take too long to go through each one and shorten the references.
I'm getting sync error messages such as: "The name ‘Van de Perre P, Ekstrom EC, Meda N, Tumwine JK, Ka…’ is too long to sync...Search for the item with this name and shorten it. Note that the item may be in the trash or in a group library."
Is there are workaround for this? Is there a maximum number of authors that Zotero can handle?
Thanks,
S
It seems a number of imports from Medline and PsycInfo with multiple and many authors are preventing my Zotero from syncing. There are 1000s of imports, and I fear it may take too long to go through each one and shorten the references.
I'm getting sync error messages such as: "The name ‘Van de Perre P, Ekstrom EC, Meda N, Tumwine JK, Ka…’ is too long to sync...Search for the item with this name and shorten it. Note that the item may be in the trash or in a group library."
Is there are workaround for this? Is there a maximum number of authors that Zotero can handle?
Thanks,
S
My guess would be that they were imported from a format like RIS and they were all in a single author field. OVID (I'm guessing that's what you're using?) does some atrocious things on Metadata export.
How exactly are those items imported? Might be feasible to fix on import if that's an option. Otherwise fixing them manually is the only way to go.
767.
TY - JOUR
ID - 23638126
T1 - Susceptibility to transmitting HIV in patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in rural district hospitals in Cameroon (Stratall ANRS 12110/ESTHER Trial).
T3 - [Erratum appears in PLoS One. 2013;8(7). doi:10.1371/annotation/8963fb4d-336a-4607-8fd9-c3404414ff9c Note: Carierri, Maria Patrizia [corrected to Carrieri, Maria Patrizia]]
A1 - Ndziessi, Gilbert
A1 - Cohen, Julien
A1 - Kouanfack, Charles
A1 - Marcellin, Fabienne
A1 - Carrieri, Maria Patrizia
A1 - Laborde-Balen, Gabriele
A1 - Protopopescu, Camelia
A1 - Aghokeng, Avelin Fobang
A1 - Moatti, Jean-Paul
A1 - Spire, Bruno
A1 - Delaporte, Eric
A1 - Laurent, Christian
A1 - Boyer, Sylvie
A1 - Stratall ANRS 12110/ESTHER Study Group
A2 - Biwole-Sida M, Koulla-Shiro S, Kouanfack C, Bourgeois A, Delaporte E, Laurent C, Peeters M, Laborde-Balen G, Dontsop M, Kaze S, Mben JM, Aghokeng A, Edoul MG, Mpoudi-Ngole E, Tongo M, Boyer S, Carrieri MP, Marcellin F, Moatti JP, Spire B, Abe C, Abega SC, Bonono CR, Mimcheu H, Ngo Yebga S, Paul Bile C, Abada S, Abanda T, Baga J, Bilobi Fouda P, Etong Mve P, Fetse Tama G, Kemo H, Ongodo A, Tadewa V, Voundi HD, Ambani A, Atangana M, Biaback JC, Kennedy M, Kibedou H, Kounga F, Maguip Abanda M, Mamang E, Mikone A, Tang S, Tchuangue E, Tchuenko S, Yakan D, Assandje J, Ebana S, Ebo'o D, Etoundi D, Ngama G, Mbarga Ango P, Mbezele J, Mbong G, Moung C, Ekotto N, Nguemba Balla G, Ottou G, Tigougmo M, Beyala R, Ebene B, Effemba C, Eyebe F, Hadjaratou MM, Mbarga T, Metou M, Ndam M, Ngoa B, Ngock EB, Obam N, Abomo AM, Angoula G, Ekassi E, Essama, Lentchou JJ, Mvilongo I, Ngapou J, Ntokombo F, Ondoua V, Palawo R, Sebe S, Sinou E, Wankam D, Zobo I, Akono B, Ambani AL, Bilock L, Bilo'o R, Boombhi J, Fouda FX, Guitonga M, Mad'aa R, Metou'ou DR, Mgbih S, Noah A, Tadena M, Ntcham, Ambassa Elime G, Bonongnaba AA, Foaleng E, Heles RM, Messina R, Nana Ndankou O, Ngono SA, Ngono Menounga D, Sil SS, Tchouamou L, Zambou B, Abomo R, Ambomo J, Beyomo C, Eloundou P, Ewole C, Fokom J, Mvoto M, Ngadena M, Nyolo R, Onana C, Oyie A, Antyimi P, Bella Mbatonga S, Bikomo M, Molo Bodo Y, Ndi Ntang S, Ndoudoumou P, Ndzomo L, Ngolo SO, Nkengue M, Nkoa, Tchinda Y
\r\nA2 - .+
replacing it with nothing, that should do itedit: that's on Windows. I think *nix linebreaks are different, so the \r\n part would vary
Sublime Text is a nice text editor with regex support:
http://www.sublimetext.com
If you don't mind a little manual editing, you can use TextEdit's partial regex support:
http://mattgemmell.com/find-patterns-in-text-on-lion/
Search for
(LineBreak)A2 - (Any)
then delete each line where you get a hit.