ArticleSearch: Search articles from web

In KDViz: Knowledge Domain Visualization

Description

Search articles by specifying a list of key terms and a journal database.

Usage

ArticleSearch(keywords, webSite = "ScienceDirect", maxSize,
  saveCSV = FALSE, exportName = "BibDataOnline")

Arguments

keywords	a vector containing the key terms to search.
webSite	a string specifying the website where you want to search the articles. The default website is "ScienceDirect".
maxSize	the max number of article you want to get.
saveCSV	logical. If TRUE, a CSV file will be saved with the downloaded information from the bibliographic database.
exportName	a character string naming the CSV file that is going to be saved.

Details

The amount of time spent in the execution of this function depends on the internet connection and the number of articles found and the number of articles to download.

Value

A dataframe object containing the information obtained from the search of articles.

Note

Currently, SciencDirect.com is the only website from which articles information can be downloaded.

Author(s)

Andres Palacios [e-mail]

Examples

myBibData <- ArticleSearch(c("knowledge domain visualization"),
  webSite = "ScienceDirect", maxSize = 7, saveCSV = FALSE)

head(myBibData, 3)

KDViz documentation built on May 1, 2019, 6:34 p.m.