Can Zotero ever implement "https" removal for AMA?

Pseudoryx
Previous threads have sprung up as early as 2020 with the samey answer "it's not possible". Yes, I know I can remove them manually, but it is such a drag and error-prone. Is it theoretically possible for the Zotero team to work on a removal? Or is this a permanent limitation to the coding structure of the program, thereby forcing me to use other citation managers?
  • damnation
    Remove "https" from where?
  • Pseudoryx
    AMA 11 prefers a DOI that is not a URL. However the standard .csl for AMA 11 in Zotero still outputs the DOI as a URL (https://doi.org...) instead of "doi:".

    I did some more testing since I started the thread and noticed that it is outputting correctly for papers in online journal articles, but screws up if the paper is also a book section. What is the best workaround for this? Converting book section to journal article in item type?
  • bwiernik
    I’m not sure what you mean—the AMA CSL style uses the “doi:” prefix not “https://doi.org/“

    https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/blob/master/american-medical-association.csl

    To be clear, you should enter the DOI number alone in the DOI field in your Zotero library, not the URL field
  • Pseudoryx
    That only applies to online journal articles. For articles that are part of a book, Zotero does not currently support a DOI field and thus when I "grab" an article using the Connector, the doi is saved as a URL instead.
  • damnation
    edited 4 days ago
    You can enter the DOI in the extra field like so:
    DOI: 10.000asdf/12345

    Citation styles will pick that up and if Zotero adds the DOI field for this item thoe in the future that should be migrated also.
  • Pseudoryx
    edited 4 days ago
    Is there a way to manually add the DOI field in the .csl file? I can make individual manual changes but the connector will consistently grab the DOI as a URL.
  • adamsmith
    from what URL? You can't fix this issue in the CSL file, no.
  • Pseudoryx
    edited 4 days ago
    When you use the Zotero connector extension to add a paper, if that paper is published physically as a book section, Zotero will treat the paper as a book section, grab the available DOI, and convert that to a URL (aka "https://doi.org/_"). I will live with @damnation workaround for the time being.
  • dstillman
    No, that's not how metadata saving works — it varies entirely by site. If you want our help, you need to provide an example URL.
  • Pseudoryx
    Oh so it varies by site. Thank you for explaining. I will test a few different sites to see the differences. Does DOI for Book Section usually get imported to the extra field, then?
  • adamsmith
    It should, and if you tell us where it isn't (i.e. provide links) there's a good chance we can fix it
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