Article Import Prompt: "The file already exists"
This issue occurs due to our automatic deduplication feature, which is effective in most cases but may occasionally make errors.
Solutions:
- Same DOI (e.g., main file and supplementary materials):
- You can only keep one file (usually the main file) and upload the other as supplementary materials.
- Learn how to upload supplementary materials
- Same title but different files:
- Modify the title of the uploaded file by adding a space between any two words. This will allow the second file to be uploaded.
- How to edit file titles
- Incorrect DOI recognition:
- Use the second method above to correct the DOI or title of the first file, then upload the second file.