Zotero OpenAlex
By danieleongari zotero-openalex 22 GitHub Stars
Fetches OpenAlex metadata for items by DOI and keeps citation counts current: stores the OpenAlex Work ID and citation count in Extra, adds a Citations column, and draws citation and co-author graphs for collections.
Index categories: Metadata and cleanup, Journal rankings and citation counts, Library organization
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Zotero compatibility
For version 10.0.1, the release the index read
| Zotero | Declared | Start test | User reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Declares all of Zotero 10 | Started Zotero 10.0.6 | None yet |
| 9 | Declares all of Zotero 9 | Started Zotero 9.0.6 | None yet |
| 8 | Declares all of Zotero 8 | Started Zotero 8.0.4 | None yet |
| 7 | Declares all of Zotero 7 | Started Zotero 7.0.32 | None yet |
Declared range: Zotero 6.999 to 10.*. How the index reads plugins
Tried version 10.0.1 on Zotero? Report what you found:
Details
- Plugin id
zotero-openalex@example.com- Manifest description
- Set the OpenAlex WorkID
- GitHub description
- Enrich your Zotero library with OpenAlex metadata
- Archived on GitHub
- No
- Source code at the repository's top level
- Yes
- Repository created
- 2026-06-26
- Release read by the index
- 10.0.1, published 2026-08-17
- Releases with an .xpi
- 9
- Open issues and pull requests
- 7
- Host of update.json
- github.com
- Menus and settings in
- English (United States)
Overrides
The index corrects, fills in, or replaces these upstream facts.
| Field | Upstream value | Override value | For version | Used | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
description | Manifest: Set the OpenAlex WorkID GitHub: Enrich your Zotero library with OpenAlex metadata | Fetches OpenAlex metadata for items by DOI and keeps citation counts current: stores the OpenAlex Work ID and citation count in Extra, adds a Citations column, and draws citation and co-author graphs for collections. | every version | yes | Condensed from the opening paragraph and Usage section of README.md. The manifest description, "Set the OpenAlex WorkID", is in English and has fewer than six words, and the GitHub About text, "Enrich your Zotero library with OpenAlex metadata", is in English and not shown. |
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