DOI hyperlink stopping short

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#1

Hello Everyone
We have some references that EndNote is inserting into the bibliography (in word document) with the hyperlink stopping part way through the DOI
I can manually paste the DOI in or edit each affected hyperlink in word and then they are OK

The common factor seems to be the < (less than sign) in the middle of the hyperlink
The links are broken at the < and only the first part of the link is active
When you click on the active part of the link it goes to “DOI not found”
e.g.
Cheng, L.-L., Bowser, P. R., & Spitsbergen, J. M. (1993). Development of Cell Cultures Derived from Lake Trout Liver and Kidney in a Hormone-Supplemented, Serum-Reduced Medium. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, 5(2), 119-126. http://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8667(1993)005<0119:DOCCDF>2.3.CO;2

Follett, J. E., & Schmitt, M. K. (1990). Characterization of a Cell Line Derived from Inconnu. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, 2(1), 61-67. http://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8667(1990)002<0061:COACLD>2.3.CO;2
I am using the DOI field and have the same output whether the style inserts the "http://doi.org/ " or it is part of the DOI field
I am on X9 but can replicate this in EN20 using windows PCs

EndNote Support says this is a word issue but it only occurs when EndNote creates the bibliography so I am not convinced. I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks

#2

The culprit, in the end, could really be Word.The data from EndNote is inserted in some kind of XML:

<EndNote>
	<Cite>
		<Author>Cheng</Author>
		<Year>1993</Year>
		<RecNum>703</RecNum>
		<DisplayText>(Cheng et al., 1993)</DisplayText>
		<record>
			<rec-number>703</rec-number>
			<foreign-keys>
				<key app="EN" db-id="r0t2zz0e30rwe9ezeaa5pde0txrfx0sr5af0" timestamp="1671192339">703</key>
			</foreign-keys>
			<ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type>
			<contributors>
				<authors>
					<author>Cheng, Li-Lin</author>
					<author>Bowser, P. R.</author>
					<author>Spitsbergen, J. M.</author>
				</authors>
			</contributors>
			<titles>
				<title>Development of Cell Cultures Derived from Lake Trout Liver and Kidney in a Hormone-Supplemented, Serum-Reduced Medium</title>
				<secondary-title>Journal of Aquatic Animal Health</secondary-title>
			</titles>
			<periodical>
				<full-title>Journal of Aquatic Animal Health</full-title>
			</periodical>
			<pages>119-126</pages>
			<volume>5</volume>
			<number>2</number>
			<section>119</section>
			<dates>
				<year>1993</year>
			</dates>
			<isbn>0899-7659&#xD;1548-8667</isbn>
			<urls/>
			<electronic-resource-num>10.1577/1548-8667(1993)005&lt;0119:Doccdf&gt;2.3.Co;2</electronic-resource-num>
		</record>
	</Cite>
</EndNote>

I can imagine that Word’s algorithm gets confused when it tries to apply the linking after expanding the angles from &lt;...&gt; to < ... >. As far as I know, the linking is not part of the EndNote Plugin functionality but performed automatically by Word.

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