Why can't Elements import from Google Scholar?
Answer
Google Scholar does not make its data available for export into other systems. Google Scholar is also not transparent about its algorithms for data collection, but in general, we know that they scrape the entire web to identify 'academic objects,' which is why it is the most comprehensive data source for scholarly and creative works.
You can find more information about the limitations of Google Scholar in 4 reasons why Google Scholar isn’t as great as you think it is.
You can find information about how to use the platform advantageously on the Google Scholar Profile page of the Researcher Profiles & Identifiers Library Guide.
Users can manually import their publications from Google Scholar by downloading a BibTeX file from their Google Scholar Profile, cleaning up the records in a reference manager, and then importing it into Elements. Instructions are available below. However, note that this tutorial does not show you how to clean up the records in a reference manager. If you wish to improve the record metadata completeness and quality, you should import the Google Scholar BibTeX file to a citation manager, clean up the data, and then import it into Elements.