This is an add-on for Zotero, a research source management tool. The add-on automatically fetches numbers of citations of your Zotero items from Google Scholar and makes it possible to sort your items by the citations. Moreover, it allows batch updating the citations, as they may change over time.

When updating multiple citations in a batch, it may happen that citation queries are blocked by Google Scholar for multiple automated requests. If a blockage happens, the add-on opens a browser window and directs it to http:https://scholar.google.com/, where you should see a Captcha displayed by Google Scholar, which you need to enter to get unblocked and then re-try updating the citations. It may happen that Google Scholar displays a message like the following "We're sorry... but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now." In that case, the only solution is to wait for a while until Google unblocks you.

Currently, Zotero doesn't have any special field for the number of citations, that's why it is stored in the "Extra" field. To sort by this field you have to add it in the source listing table.

Note Apparently Zotero now supports adding custom fields, soo this might be coming soon(tm)!

IMPORTANT: in version 1.8 the field for storing the number of citations has been changed from "Call Number" to "Extra" -- please update your column configuration.

The add-on supports both versions of Zotero:

1. Download the lastest version of the add-on from the release page. It's the ".xpi" file.
2. In Zotero (Standalone) go to Tools -> Add-ons -> click the settings button in the top-right corner -> Install Add-on From File -> select the downloaded file and restart Zotero.

Read about how the add-on was made: http:https://blog.beloglazov.info/2009/10/zotero-citations-from-scholar-en.html

The original maintainer Anton Beloglazov seems semi-active.

Texot fixed some stuff that needed fixing BADLY, i.e.

• Fix detection of google robot checking
• Show No Citation Data in failure cases instead of 00000

But there's more to do!

Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Anton Beloglazov?

Distributed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL).