Item types from Pubmed translator

enozkan
Now that Pubmed contains some preprints and that Zotero got a preprint item type, it may make sense to record preprints as such when saved from Pubmed.

I checked a couple of preprints and they contain the line, when fetched using eutils:
<PublicationType UI="D000076942">Preprint</PublicationType>

With regards to information saved as Article, the needed changes may be
Publication -> Repository
Pages -> Pages (under Extra)
ISSN -> ?
  • adamsmith
    Could you get us a couple of PMIDs for preprints?
  • enozkan
    One from bioRxiv: 36798302
    One from aRxiv: 37064529
    One from Research Square: 37398060

    Thank you.
  • DWL-SDCA
    When imported to Zotero from nbib these are correctly saved as preprint type but when captured from the browser import icon these are indeed saved as a journal article.
  • adamsmith
    ah, thanks, that's helpful, I'll see what we do in the nbib; we can likely port that to Pubmed XML
  • enozkan
    I wanted to bump this. I seem to be gathering more and more preprints on Pubmed, and having the connector recognize preprints would be great.
  • enozkan
    Gentle bump for saving Pubmed preprints as Preprint.

    I don't see in the nbib translator any logic that helps save the preprint properly. As a result, for example, the repository gets dumped into extra as Journal Abbreviation: bioRxiv instead of Repository: bioRxiv. So, I don't think that will be useful. (And the nbib importer also needs updating.)
  • enozkan
    Another gentle bump for this, for those of us who prefer Pubmed as their source for all bibliographic data.
  • AbeJellinek Zotero Team
    edited yesterday at 2:55pm
    Apologies for the delay. Pushed an update to handle PubMed XML preprints. Your Zotero Connector should auto-update within a few minutes, or you can update translators manually from the Advanced pane of the Zotero settings.

    Please let me know if the metadata you get now looks right.
  • enozkan
    edited today at 1:09am
    Thank you! This helps a lot.

    I had a quick check with Biorxiv, Arxiv and Research Square.

    With Biorxiv preprints, I had one thing I was not sure: The Biorxiv identifier (like 2025.10.14.682373) goes in Extra as Pages. I wonder if Archive ID is better. I have seen the discussions in the Forums and github for why it is so, so it is probably all fine.

    [deleted a paragraph describing odd behavior that went away after hitting Update Translators again]
  • poettli
    Both are saved as preprint for me. Please be sure you have the latest version of the PubMed XML translator.
  • enozkan
    Also, since Pubmed has PMID and PMCID for preprints, would it be possible to add them to Extra for preprints?
  • poettli
    I also get PMID and PMCID in Extra field for both examples.
  • enozkan
    @poettli Sorry, I was confused. Yes, PMID/PMCID are saved. Thank you.
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