Questions tagged [mendeley]

Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network, with an API for developers to create their own applications.

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Modifying et al usage in Biblio

I am trying to change "et al" usage in Mendeley's CSL editor for my bibliography only but having trouble with the settings. I want my bibliography to display 3 authors et al if there is more than 5 authors but up to all 5 authors if less than 5.…
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Mendeley API - Python SDK - Change Details of a Document possible?

I am using mendeley a lot for my research. I want to edit the "user-tags" for the documents in the catalog of my mendeley client. Specifically I want to add the reputation of the journal to this field (in form of h-factor or impact factor). I've…
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Strange results in Mendeley Web Importer

I get strange results in the Mendeley Web Importer on many of the pages in our website, lens.org. For example, this page: https://www.lens.org/lens/search shows a list of patents. I know that Mendeley doesn't really work with patents, so I wouldn't…
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Mendeley Web Importer with single page application

We've recently added COinS metadata to our website to support better integration with reference managers. An example of a page with the metadata in it is here: https://www.lens.org/lens/scholar/search/results. This part of our site is written like a…
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Mendeley desktop "Authenticate Account"

When I log into my Mendeley desktop, a blue notice appears saying "We are changing the way we authenticate Mendeley accounts. Please enter your password to authenticate your account."; with a button to "Authenticate Account". When I click on the…
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TypeError: CSL.Attributes[attrname] is undefined

I'm in a bit of a pickle with some Citation Style Language. Zotero updated recently and after correcting the resulting errors (CSL got updated to version 1.0.1) and getting a green light in CSL Validator, I'm getting a Zotero error : TypeError:…
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How to export a specific selection of references from Mendeley

I am contributing to a book, and I used Mendeley to manage the bibliography of my chapter. Now the editor has asked me to provide my list of references in a file format compatible with Zotero. I can easily export the Mendeley collection as a .RIS…
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How can I sync the literature from a Mendeley group with Sharelatex?

I have a group in Mendeley with a bunch of articles, and I would like to sync it with Sharelatex. However it only seems to sync with the articles in my personal Mendeley and I'm having a hard time making Sharelatex sync with only my desired…
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Mendeley does not write correctly bibliography

Let's assume I have got correct .RIS and/or .bib files imported into Mendeley. When I create the Mendeley Bibliography in a Office Word file articles with many authors are not written correctly by Mendeley with Geophysical Research Letters…
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Change fonts in Qt application on Windows10

I installed qt5 application (Mendeley Desktop) from here by using the instraller on windows10, and I don't like the default font; MS Gothic. Is there some ways to change fonts in a qt5 application which I didn't build from source code? Thanks in…
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my redirect_uri results in an "Unable to connect" warning

My question is a follow-up to how to programmatically create an authentication/login window. One reply to that question suggested that I look at the example code in https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/293498/148310. I implemented that code, and I am…
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How to programmatically open login window using GreaseMonkey userscript for implicit grant authorization

How do I code my GreaseMonkey userscript to take me to an authorization/login window while on a different website (www.sharelatex.com)? My understanding was that GM_xmlhttpRequest would perform this function, and while I get an "OK" status after…
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Definition of "Recently Read"- and "Recently Added"-Categories in Mendeley

My team is currently working on an integration of the Mendeley reference platform into our Web-App. We want to display the references of a logged in user in a sidebar. To provide a familiar look and feel, we structure the data received from API…
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Mendeley can't find "Qt WebEngine Plugins" (desktop app for linux)

I recently upgraded my linux (debian). Since then I Mendeley is not working: it starts and after a couple of seconds starts fetching and crashes immediately. This is the error message that it is giving: Qt WebEngine Plugins directory not found.…
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Sync Mendeley library with Dropbox in both Mac and Linux

I am using Mendeley in MacOS at work and in Ubuntu at home, and would like to sync my library with a Dropbox folder in both machines. I know it's possible to sync it with Dropbox, but only among computers with the same OS. Does anybody know how to…
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