Dear DSpace Community, We are currently running a DSpace 5.x repository and have noticed that *Google Scholar is not indexing our content*, even after waiting for several months.
We have already ensured the following: - Our robots.txt file does *not block* paths like /handle, /bitstream, etc. - All required *metadata fields* such as citation_title, citation_author, citation_date, and citation_pdf_url are present in the item pages. - We have *generated sitemaps* using the generate-sitemaps script. - The repository is *publicly accessible* with *no login wall* for metadata or downloadable files (PDFs). - There have been *no recent changes* to the configuration. Despite these efforts, none of our items appear in Google Scholar. We've tried reaching out to Google Scholar support via their inclusion form, but have not received any response. ------------------------------ *My question is:* Is it now *mandatory to upgrade to DSpace 7 or 8* in order to ensure proper indexing by Google Scholar? Or could there be another issue specific to DSpace 5.x that we might be missing? Any guidance, suggestions, or similar experiences from the community would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support! -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the Code of Conduct: https://www.lyrasis.org/about/Pages/Code-of-Conduct.aspx --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Technical Support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-tech/CAJWbGf9pOZjKRqrpL8SC_sByJBLD8vhwsbyAOqaoQeE1Vo8FWQ%40mail.gmail.com.
