PMID & PMCID added to extras, not to their appropriate fields

andorjkiss · 2026-02-25T13:10:05+00:00

These numbers always end up in "Extras"

For example;

PMID: 11040939
PMCID: PMC1186966

and not to their respective fields (for a journal article).

Can this be "fixed"?

poettli · 2026-02-25T13:47:28+00:00

With https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1186966/ both PMID and PMCID are captured and assigned to their respective field.
With https://mp.bmj.com/content/53/4/177, the PMID is captured and correctly assigned to its field.
Are you using a different source to save this item?

adamsmith · 2026-02-25T14:22:56+00:00

Even more specifically, could you walk us through exactly how you're adding that item to Zotero (from the browser, using metadata import, using add by identifier?)

emilianoeheyns · 2026-02-25T22:39:45+00:00

FWIW I have a plugin that fetches the PM(C)ID given a DOI, and that used to put things in the extra field blindly until I updated it recently. Maybe that's in use here but not upgraded yet.