Retrieve and show (e.g. google scholar's) citation count for each table entry

[systemoperator]

In Zotero it is possible to show the citation count for each table entry. It would be great, if this would be possible in JabRef as well! Zotero automatically retrieves the current citation count and adds it to a new entry.

[tobiasdiez]

How is the update of the citations handled in Zotero (e.g. I added an entry 5 years ago, and since then it was cited again)?

[systemoperator]

To be more precise, it's a Zotero addon, which allows fetching citation counts. It's called "Zotero Scholar Citations" (https://github.com/beloglazov/zotero-scholar-citations), which is the repository of the original author, named Anton Beloglazov.

Currently, this addon is maintained by Max Kuehn and is available in the repository https://github.com/MaxKuehn/zotero-scholar-citations, since the original author seems to be "semi-active", according to Kuehn.

On initial import of a reference, the current citation count is fetched from Google Scholar and currently inserted into a field, called "extra". Furthermore, it allows batch updating several citations by firstly selecting them and then triggering the update process, since they may change over time.

[systemoperator]

Can JabRef send requests to the JabRef-Browser-Extension?

[koppor]

Prevoius feature request: koppor#168

[koppor]

To repeat koppor#168 (comment):

The database mentioned at https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000385 could be helpful (via https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1183974415534559234)

[github-actions]

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[koppor]

No time on work on this.