Error importing citations from a Google Scholar Profile list

dtwrublewski · September 12, 2018

Hi,
Trying to import a list of citations from a Google Scholar Profile and I am getting the translator error. I checked the reference page https://www.zotero.org/support/known_translator_issues and I don't see any mention of GS. I am using the updated version of Chrome, and the Zotero Connector correctly recognizes the list and displays a folder icon. When I click on the folder, it gives me a list of citations on the page to choose from. When I click OK, it displays "An error occurred while saving this item. See Troubleshooting Translator Issues for more information."

Is importing from GS Profile pages not supported? Thanks!

adamsmith · September 13, 2018

Works for me and should generally work. Can you link to the profile page in question?

dtwrublewski · September 13, 2018

Hi! Here's one:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=dfpa1CUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Also, I tried my own, and it imports some but then hangs:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nNac2Z0AAAAJ&hl=en

Thanks!

adamsmith · September 13, 2018

Thanks. Ticket here: https://github.com/zotero/translators/issues/1745 but I don't think this will be fast.
Short version is that we only get the ID we use to grab the citation metadata using the "related" link in the pop-up from profiles. Where that link is missing, the translator will fail.

Not an easy fix.

margot · April 1, 2019

I just found a workaround. Using Zotero standalone 5.0.54 and Chrome web browser.
In my Google scholar profile I selected all my publications, then clicked on Export, chose RefMan. A "Citations. ris" file downloaded itself. Having Zotero running, I clicked on the file and it automatically created and populated a folder called "Citations".
I hope this is of help to others!