[bug] incorrect metadata import for book sections

abcxyz20250421
edited 19 days ago
When importing some articles which are published in book sections, e.g. conference proceedings, the article authors are imported as "book authors" instead. For example, importing https://epubs.siam.org/doi/10.1137/1.9781611978322.31
  • abcxyz20250421
    edited 19 days ago
    bump as this seems it has not been fixed but rather has become a different bug: it now just imports the metadata for the parent book rather than the article/book section which should have its own metadata (.31 in the example url in the above comment specifying this section, see https://search.crossref.org/search/works?q=10.1137/1.9781611978322.31&from_ui=yes which shows that this section/article has distinct metadata from the book https://search.crossref.org/search/works?q=10.1137/1.9781611978322&from_ui=yes)

    (current zotero 10.0.1 just imports the book metadata, note this is the import in-app by pasting the DOI which can be reproduced with pasting e.g. 10.1137/1.9781611978322.31 into the Zotero "add items by identifier" )

  • poettli
    (Note: import works fine from the editor site)
  • abcxyz20250421
    edited 18 days ago
    RE: @poettli
    Do you mean using the zotero connector browser plugin?

    What i meant was using the "Add Item(s) by Identifier" Zotero in-app functionality where the DOI can be pasted, in that case it seems to identify the parent book instead
  • adamsmith
    Yes, that was just meant as complementary information (that's what the parentheses mean), not to discount your bug report, which is real.
  • abcxyz20250421
    edited 18 days ago
    @adamsmith Sure, I've noticed that the metadata from the browser extension and the in-app search from DOI/identifier is not always the same. Would you say that the metadata from the browser extension is generally more accurate? Previously I mainly used the in-app "add item by identifier" functionality but I wonder if it would be better to use the extension primarily? I suppose that may be a workaround for now although I'm still curious how the resolvers seem to be different between these two options
  • adamsmith
    I'd say on average the connector on the publisher page is better because it can be fine-tuned to deal with specific metadata issues on a page/by a publisher, but it's not hard and fast. (Also, you're much more likely to get PDFs of articles attached).
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