Scopus/Crossref Plugin Problem

[jicai.he]

Describe the issue or problem
My current OJS version is 3.3.0.7. Why does the Crossref Cited-by count for my articles (10.54844/eer.2023.0494) remain at 0 after configuring the Scopus/Crossref plugin, even though I can confirm via the DOI management backend that there are citation results for the corresponding articles? I have verified that the configured account information is correct and the plugin version is appropriate.

Additional information

[jicai.he]

@asmecher Can you help me resolve this issue?

[asmecher]

Hi @jicai.he,

The OJS Scopus/Crossref Plugin is not written or maintained by PKP, so we’re not able to provide support for it, unfortunately! Perhaps someone else here can help.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

[jicai.he]

Roger that, Thanks a lot.

[jicai.he]

After researching relevant materials, I eventually suspected that the issue was caused by a bug in the plugin itself. I fed my hypothesis and the plugin to Gemini, and it successfully helped me rewrite the plugin file to fix the bug. This is simply amazing.

[asmecher]

Hi @jicai.he,

That sounds promising; you might consider opening a pull request to submit the changes to the maintainer, but before you do, I’d suggest testing and reviewing the code Gemini generated. There’s an increasing problem in Open Source software development where AI-generated content is submitted to maintainers without review; often it can give the maintainer a lot of extra work, so it’s generally best to do some diligence before sending it upstream. The smaller the code changes to fix things, the better – a complete rewrite of the plugin will probably be hard to review.

Thanks,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team