jasminum-zotero-guidelisted

# Jasminum Zotero Guide ## Overview Jasminum is a Zotero plugin with over 7,000 GitHub stars, specifically designed to enhance Zotero's capabilities for working with Chinese academic literature. Named after the jasmine flower, the plugin bridges the gap between Zotero's predominantly Western academic database integrations and the vast Chinese academic ecosystem centered around CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure). Chinese academic databases like CNKI, Wanfang, and CQVIP contain millions of papers, theses, and conference proceedings that are often poorly indexed by Western reference management tools. When researchers add PDFs from these sources to Zotero, the metadata is frequently incomplete, incorrectly encoded, or entirely missing. Jasminum solves this by providing direct metadata retrieval from CNKI, automatic filename parsing for Chinese PDFs, and proper handling of Chinese author names and institutional affiliations. For researchers who work with both Chinese and English academic literature, or for any scholar studying China-related topics across social sciences, humanities, or STEM fields, Jasminum is an indispensable addition to Zotero. It ensures that Chinese-language references receive the same quality of bibliographic management as their English counterparts. ## Installation and Setup Install Jasminum through the Zotero add-on system: 1. Download the latest `.xpi` file from https://github.com/l0o0/jasminum/releases 2. In Zotero, navigate to Tools >