Syncing Issues

DrVAG2026
Hello,

I keep getting the message below whenever I open the Zotero app on my laptop. Can someone help me understand why this keeps happening and how to fix it? I have shortened the title a few times, and that is not fixing the issue. Please help me! Thank you!

"The creator name “Julia W. Gargano, PhD1; Ruth Stefanos, MD1,2; Rebe…” in one of your items is too long to sync. Shorten the field and sync again."
  • adamsmith
    This isn't a title, it's a creator -- is this always the same one or do you get different creators? The most common case we've seen this happen for is creators imported from OVID databases with broken RIS. If you've done this at scale, it could well be a large number of items in your library.
  • DrVAG2026
    edited June 10, 2026
    Hello adamsmith,

    Thank you so much for responding to my post.
    Right now, it is only happening to one article (Look below).

    (Trends in Cervical Precancers Identified Through Population-Based Surveillance — Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Impact Monitoring Project, Five Sites, United States, 2008–2022...by Julia W. Gargano, PhD1; Ruth Stefanos, MD1,2; Rebecca M. Dahl, MPH1; Jessica L. Castilho, MD3,4; Erica A. Bostick, MD5; Linda M. Niccolai, PhD6; Ina U. Park, MD7; Sheelah Blankenship, MS4; Monica M. Brackney, MS6; Kameny Chan, MPH8; Emily L. Delikat, MPH4; Sara Ehlers, MPH8; Kimberly Gonzalez Barrera, MPH9; RaeAnne Kurtz5; James I. Meek, MPH6; Erin Whitney, MPH9; Marissa Vigar, MPH1; Elizabeth R. Unger, MD, PhD10; Lauri E. Markowitz, MD1; HPV-IMPACT Working Group. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | MMWR | February 27, 2025 | Vol. 74 | No. 6. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40014651/ )

    May I ask, how can I fix this?
  • adamsmith
    Just import the work from pubmed (which gets the authors right) and then merge it with the one with the broken author list. Or delete the long author and add the correct authors manually.
  • DrVAG2026
    Hi Adamsmith,

    Thank you so much for responding to my post and advising me on how to fix the issue. After following your advice, everything was fixed. My issue was resolved.

    Thank you again!
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