Julien Cubizolles writes: > John Kitchin <jkitc...@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. -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
