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Joplin Zotero Link Plugin

Conntect Zotero with Joplin to reference sources in notes and open them via zotero:// links.

Installation

Zotero >= 7

  1. Enable "Local API" feature in your Zotero 7 settings: Zotero 7 > Settings > Advanced > Allow other applications on this computer to communicate with Zotero
  2. Install this plugin

Zotero <= 6

  1. Install ZotServer in Zotero
  2. Install this plugin

Usage

  1. Open a note and enter z@
  2. Search for your reference
  3. Select it

Custom Formatting

Custom formattting of the text can be enabled from plugin settings.

Example

Location Display
Settings [<authorfirst>, <year>, *<title>*](<zoterolink>)<externallink>
Markdown [Jannes Magnusson, 2024, *jannessm/joplin-zotero-link*](zotero://select/library/items/Q5U7SN82)[&#x1F517;](https://github.com/jannessm/joplin-zotero-link)
Editor Jannes Magnusson, 2024, jannessm/joplin-zotero-link🔗

Available parameters

Key Description
<key> Zotero key
<zoterolink> Local zotero link zotero://select/library/items/<key>
<authors> All authors
<authorfirst> First author
<title> Title
<date> Date in local format
<date:YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss> Date formating using dayjs
<year> Year
<month> Month in en-US format
<monthlocal> Month in local format
<publication> Publication journal
<publicationshort> Short version of publication journal
<doi> DOI
<doiurl> DOI url https://doi.org/<doi>
<url> External url
<externallink> Give external link with icon 🔗 [&#x1F517;](<url>)
<externaldoi> Give external DOI link with icon 🔗 [&#x1F517;](<doilink>)

FAQ

Zotero crashes after installation

Please have a look at this issues, if it helps. Otherwise create a new one.