Propagating bad JSTOR DOIs

[mkrot]

Hello,

This is Michael Krot, Research Associate at JSTOR. I notice that
Zotero is picking up "bad DOIs" and giving users the false impression
that these DOIs are registered.

The offending bit of code appears to be in "translators/JSTOR.js":

// Add DOI
if (! item.DOI) {
item.DOI = "10.2307/"+localJid;
}

This is incorrect. You cannot assume that a DOI has been registered
based off the ID of the article. While it's true that this will work
in some cases, roughly half of the 4 million or so articles are not
registered with CrossRef. This can be a real problem if people cite
the DOI.

Is this the best forum to post this issue? If so, can someone please
fix this bug?

Thanks,

Michel Krot
michael (dot) krot (at) jstor (dot) org