read_openalex_csv: Read a flat OpenAlex CSV export

In bibnets: Importing, Constructing, and Exporting Bibliometric Networks

Read a flat OpenAlex CSV export

Description

Reads the flat CSV format downloaded directly from the OpenAlex website (openalex.org/works exports). Multi-value fields are pipe-delimited (|). This is distinct from the nested tibble produced by openalexR::oa_fetch(), which is handled by read_openalex().

Usage

read_openalex_csv(file, sep = "|")

Arguments

file	Path to the CSV file.
sep	Character. Delimiter for multi-value fields. Default "|".

Value

A data frame in the standard bibnets format: id, title, year, journal, doi, cited_by_count, abstract, type, plus list-columns authors, references, keywords, affiliations, countries. abstract and references are always NA / empty (not available in the flat export).

Examples

f <- system.file("extdata", "openalex_works.csv", package = "bibnets")
data <- read_openalex_csv(f)

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