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zotero-scholar-citations

by beloglazov · github.com/beloglazov/zotero-scholar-citations

Fetches the number of citations for your items from Google Scholar, stores it in the Extra field and lets you sort by it.

zotero-scholar-citations isn't graded yet: no .xpi release on GitHub. Last checked 6 Nov 2026.

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What it does

Written by AI from the README

Fetches the number of citations for your items from Google Scholar, stores it in the Extra field and lets you sort by it. Updates can be run in batches to refresh the counts.

Zotero has no citation count field. Google Scholar may block many automated requests and asks you to solve a captcha. For old Zotero versions.

What you'll need

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We haven't detected any setup requirements. That isn't the same as none: check the developer's README.

Where your data goes

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Other plugins that do this

Matched on what they do

For the same job, work with Zotero 10 and graded B or better. Closest match first.

  • A+
    Google Scholar Citation Count

    Fetches citation counts from Google Scholar for selected items or collections and writes them to the Extra field.

    Matches “fetch number of citations” · 122,397 downloads · Active · Zotero 10
    Works with Zotero 10Actively maintained
  • A
    Zotero Citation Counts Manager

    Fetches citation counts from Google Scholar, Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar or INSPIRE-HEP, or a best count across them.

    Matches “fetch citation counts” · 51 downloads · Active · Zotero 7–10
    Works with Zotero 10Actively maintained
  • A
    Zotero Citation Counts Manager

    Fetches citation counts from Crossref, INSPIRE-HEP or Semantic Scholar and shows them in a sortable Citations column.

    Matches “fetch citation counts” · 1,384 downloads · Active · Zotero 7–10
    Works with Zotero 10Actively maintained
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