read_dimensions: Read Dimensions CSV export

In bibnets: Importing, Constructing, and Exporting Bibliometric Networks

Read Dimensions CSV export

Description

Parses a CSV file exported from Dimensions into a standardized bibliometric data frame.

Usage

read_dimensions(file, encoding = "UTF-8")

Arguments

file	Path to a Dimensions CSV export file.
encoding	Character. File encoding. Default "UTF-8".

Value

A data frame in the standard bibnets format: id, title, year, journal, doi, cited_by_count, abstract, type, plus list-columns authors, references, and keywords. Dimensions-specific extras: affiliations (list-column), countries (list-column).

Examples

f <- system.file("extdata", "dimensions_sample.csv", package = "bibnets")
data <- read_dimensions(f)
head(data[, c("id", "title", "year", "journal")])

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