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Zotero Style Guide

Overview

Zotero Style is one of the most popular Zotero plugins, adding extensive UI customization capabilities — custom columns (IF, citation count, reading progress), color-coded tags, visual indicators, and workflow enhancements. It transforms Zotero's default interface into a more informative and visually organized research library. Essential for researchers managing large paper collections.

Installation

# Download latest .xpi from GitHub releases
# In Zotero: Tools → Add-ons → Install Add-on From File

# Or install via Zotero Plugin Market
# 1. Install zotero-addons plugin first
# 2. Search "Zotero Style" in the marketplace

Custom Columns

Impact Factor Column

// Preferences → Zotero Style → Columns
{
  "columns": [
    {
      "name": "IF",
      "field": "extra",
      "regex": "IF:\\s*([\\d.]+)",
      "width": 60,
      "sortable": true
    }
  ]
}

Citation Count Column

{
  "columns": [
    {
      "name": "Citations",
      "field": "extra",
      "regex": "Citations:\\s*(\\d+)",
      "width": 70,
      "sortable": true,
      "format": "number"
    }
  ]
}

Reading Progress Column

{
  "columns": [
    {
      "name": "Progress",
      "type": "progress",
      "width": 100,
      "display": "bar",
      "colors": {
        "0-25": "#EF4444",
        "25-75": "#F59E0B",
        "75-100": "#10B981"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Tag Styling

// Color-coded tags for visual organization
{
  "tagStyles": {
    "#important": {
      "color": "#EF4444",
      "emoji": "🔴",
      "position": "left"
    },
    "#to-read": {
      "color": "#3B82F6",
      "emoji": "📖",
      "position": "left"
    },
    "#methodology": {
      "color": "#8B5CF6",
      "position": "left"
    },
    "#dataset": {
      "color": "#10B981",
      "position": "left"
    }
  }
}

Item Indicators

// Visual indicators in item list
{
  "indicators": {
    "hasAnnotations": {
      "icon": "📝",
      "tooltip": "Has annotations"
    },
    "hasNotes": {
      "icon": "🗒️",
      "tooltip": "Has notes"
    },
    "isRetracted": {
      "icon": "⚠️",
      "color": "#EF4444",
      "tooltip": "Retracted paper"
    }
  }
}

Workflow Integration

// Zotero Style works with other plugins

// With zotero-actions-tags: auto-tag on read
// With zotero-better-bibtex: show citekey column
// With zotero-pdf-translate: translation indicators
// With zoplicate: duplicate detection badges

// Custom column from Better BibTeX citekey
{
  "columns": [{
    "name": "CiteKey",
    "field": "citationKey",
    "width": 120,
    "plugin": "better-bibtex"
  }]
}

Layout Customization

{
  "layout": {
    "itemPane": {
      "sections": ["info", "tags", "notes", "related"],
      "defaultTab": "info"
    },
    "columns": {
      "defaultVisible": [
        "title", "creator", "year", "IF",
        "Citations", "Progress", "tags"
      ],
      "defaultSort": {
        "field": "year",
        "direction": "desc"
      }
    },
    "density": "compact"
  }
}

Recommended Setup for Researchers

### Suggested Columns
1. Title (auto)
2. Creator/Authors (auto)
3. Year (auto)
4. Publication
5. IF (from Extra field)
6. Citations (from Extra field)
7. Reading Progress (bar)
8. Tags (color-coded)
9. CiteKey (if using BibTeX)

### Suggested Tags
- 🔴 #critical — Must-read papers
- 🟡 #review — Review/survey papers
- 🔵 #methodology — Methods papers
- 🟢 #dataset — Dataset papers
- 🟣 #baseline — Baseline/comparison
- ⬜ #to-read — Reading queue

Use Cases

Library organization: Visual columns for quick paper assessment
Reading tracking: Progress bars for paper reading status
Impact assessment: IF and citation count at a glance
Visual tagging: Color-coded categorization system
Custom workflows: Plugin integration for automated organization

References

Install zotero-style-guide and it becomes one more candidate the router can pick - when it fits.

A listing is a routing target with a manifest: what it does, which domains it covers, what it costs and who publishes it. Once installed it sits beside your own models and tools, is scored like any other candidate for each request, and shows up in the trace when it wins. Ratings come from workspaces that installed it, one per account.

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