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  1. Request to modify Japanese in the admin screen

    Could you please confirm if it is possible to modify some parts of Japanese?

    I want you to modify the Japanese in the users section of admin tools.
    I have attached the PDF file of the detail.

    If you need further information, please let me know.

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  2. Request to modify Japanese in Usage Analytics Section of Usage Statistics

    Could you please confirm if it is possible to modify some parts of Japanese?

    I want you to modify the Japanese in Usage Analytics Section of Usage Statistics.
    I have attached the PDF file of the detail.

    If you need further information, please let me know.

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  3. In RCM, allow reordering of references within a group of in-text citations.

    In WNC we could re-order in-text citations within a reference grouping, but there's no way to do this in RCM without deleting them all and re-adding in the preferred order, which can be time consuming with many references. This is relevant for numbered styles such as AMA. For example:

    Original:

    Many studies have found xyz. 1,2,3
    Ref list
    1. Smith 2023
    2. Jones 1999
    3. Bates 2004

    Then we decide to move Jones into the first position for:

    Many studies have found xyz. 1,2,3
    Ref list
    1. Jones 1999
    2. Smith 2023
    3. Bates 2004

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  4. Add "Ref ID" as a field to an output style.

    The authors that I work with like having a bibliographic style that shows the Ref ID in the very first field, before the author last name etc. Thanks in advance!

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  5. Set default number of records to view

    At the moment the default number of results to view is 25. There is no option to change this as a default; you have to change it every time you search. I would like to see it made possible to have different numbers of results as a default.

    3 votes
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  6. Write-N-Cite VS RCM

    Hola!
    En el apartado Herramientas ofrecéis la opción de descargar Write-N-Cite, cuando creemos que ahora recomendáis el uso de RefWorks Citation Manager (RCM). Crea confusión. Si Write-N-Cite no va a tener actualizaciones, ¿por qué en Herramientas no hacéis mención a RCM?
    ¡Cracias!

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  7. Allow verbatim text from author field

    Have the option to remove the automatic 'Last name, first name' format of the author field and instead pipe verbatim text into references. This would especially help when the author is an organisation.

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  8. RCM document and references

    Change this item in RefWorks Citation Manager from

    Document and References: refresh with recent updates

    to

    Refresh document and references after recent updates.

    Refresh is a key term and will be easier for students to see why it matters.

    3 votes
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  9. Reliability and trustworthiness

    I am working with a folder containg 20k+ references (never again!). The data is locked in to RefWorks because of the size of the folder (never again, as I mention). I am attempting to export .ris files with 1000 items per export.

    Paging through the data, it takes on average 1 minute to move from page to page. If something goes wrong, you cannot maintain your place in the list, the display returns to the beginning, showing 50 per page.

    The export usually downloads a .ris file to the downloads folder. However, frequently, instead, the file isn't doanloaded and instead…

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  10. the option to copy references to other projects

    Please add the function to copy references to other projects not "Using the Export References" or "Using a Shared Folder".
    Both of these methods require many steps.
    We need more easy way to copy references to other projects.

    95 votes
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  11. Change support contact on the help page to local library staff instead of Refworks support.

    We would like to change support contact on the help page to our library staff instead of Refworks support.

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  12. Modifying the direct export function from CAIRN.INFO

    We fail to export citations clicking [REFWORKS] from CAIRN.INFO even though we can export them clicking [ZOTERO (.RIS)] to RefWorks. Could you please modify the [REFWORKS] link?

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  13. Please make RefWorks for Google Docs compatible with Open Athens (single sign on)

    Please make RefWorks for Google Docs compatible with Single Sign such as OpenAthens. Our students don't want to use it since it requires an additional password.

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  14. Accents

    we can not use the accents in Spanish on last names

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  15. Stop defaulting back to original settings

    I sometimes import large numbers of references or are working with databases with large numbers of references, so I set the number to display so that I can see all references on one page. RefWorks keeps defaulting back to 50 per page. I have to keep changing it back and have sometimes only edited/moved 50 references before I realized it had defaulted back and that the rest weren't displayed. Please also stop defaulting to sorting by date added or normal view instead of what I had changed it to. I set it a certain way for a reason and it…

    16 votes
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  16. Edit author

    Sometimes authors have to be entered in manually. This is especially the case when I import PDFs - RefWorks captures the wrong authors. However, it would be easier if we could rearrange the order of authors manually. Currently, if I accidentally delete the first author or skipped a third author, I can't go back and add these authors in their correct order. Instead, I have to re-type all the author names again in the correct order.

    Please allow authors to be manually added and allow us to add authors in a specific order/ wherever we click in the author section.

    4 votes
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  17. Be able to restructure folders more easily

    Currently, folder structure is set once created and cannot be modified without recreating and deleting folders. It would be great to be able to click and drag folders so that if we decided to make one folder into a subfolder, or make a subfolder into a main folder, we could click and drag it in/ out without having to create a new folder structure, move/ reassign all the references over, and then delete the previous folder structure.

    65 votes
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  18. Customize sidebar menu width

    Is there a way to expand the width of the sidebar menu to accommodate for longer folder names? That way, we'd be able to quickly read the entire folder name without having to hover over the number of results.

    10 votes
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  19. Import citations into multiple projects at once

    Please add new function to import citations into multiple projects at once.

    11 votes
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  20. Put in a duplicate/copy folder option

    In order to show progression of research it would be much easier if you could make a copy of a folder and then continue processing this new copy to maintain a record

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