Re: org-ref, abstracts

[John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>]

Julien Cubizolles writes:

> John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>> I am pretty sure the metadata from dx.doi.org doesn't contain any
>> abstract information, so there is not a way to put anything useful in
>> it. The abstract is often covered by copyright.
>
> I hadn't thought of that. But for some sources (arXiv comes to mind)
> that could be done, right?

If the data exists, then arxiv-add-bibtex-entry could probably add the
abstract if it existed. I am not too familiar with arxiv so I am not sure.

>
>> You can add your own abstract with bibtex-make-field (C-c C-f) in a
>> bibtex entry, or you can copy the bibtex entries from publisher sites
>> which usually do contain the abstract if you ask for it.
>
> Since the url of the paper is included in the bibtex entry, it's pretty
> easy to get to the journal site and copy the abstract.
>
> Julien.



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