Extracting information from PDFs of research papers [closed]

Answer 1

Here is what I do using linux and cb2bib.

1. Open up cb2bib and make sure that clipboard connection is ON, and that your reference database is loaded
2. Find your paper on google scholar
3. Click 'import to bibtex' underneath the paper
4. Select (highlight) everything on the next page (ie., the bibtex code)
5. It should now appear formatted in cb2bib
6. Optionally now press network search (the globe icon) to add additional info.
7. Press save in cb2bib to add the paper to your ref database.

Repeat this for all the papers. I think in the absence of a method that reliably extracts metadata from PDFs, this is the easiest solution I found.