More automation and fewer comments
3 November 2025
We’ve just released a major update to Merops – with more automation, fewer comments, and new alerts for retracted articles.
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References
- FEWER COMMENTS:
- Automatically generate website names from URLs
- Automatically update article titles from PubMed and Crossref
- Brand new URL validation, with no false alarms, and specific error descriptions
- Fewer comments on unmatched details
- Fewer comments on references that differ significantly from Crossref/PubMed
- NEW FEATURE: Flag retracted references
- NEW FEATURE: Separate organizational author names in references:
- semicolon | same as people names
Bookmarks
- Merops can now preserve bookmarks in the source document
Language
- NEW FEATURE:
- test bed | testbed | make consistent | preserve original
- NEW PREFERENCE: Parenthetical dash style:
- NEW FEATURE: Define ‘URL’ at first mention:
- yes | no | make consistent | preserve original
This is a Merops Cloud update – no download is necessary.
The update also includes hundreds of other improvements and fixes.
Items with
NEW PREFERENCE or
NEW FEATURE can be turned on immediately
using Custom Properties –
contact us for the codes.
