authors2df: Convert OpenAlex collection of authors' records from list...

In openalexR: Getting Bibliographic Records from 'OpenAlex' Database Using 'DSL' API

Convert OpenAlex collection of authors' records from list format to data frame

Description

It converts bibliographic collection of authors' records gathered from OpenAlex database https://openalex.org/ into data frame. The function converts a list of authors' records obtained using oa_request into a data frame/tibble.

Usage

authors2df(
  data,
  verbose = TRUE,
  pb = if (verbose) oa_progress(length(data)) else NULL
)

Arguments

data	List. Output of oa_request.
verbose	Logical. If TRUE, print information about the dataframe conversion process. Defaults to TRUE.
pb	Progress bar object. If verbose, computed from 'oa_progress'. NULL otherwise.

Value

a data.frame.

For more extensive information about OpenAlex API, please visit: <https://docs.openalex.org>

Examples

## Not run: 

# Query to search information about all authors affiliated to the University of Naples Federico II
# which have authored at least 100 publications:

# University of Naples Federico II is associated to the OpenAlex id I71267560.


res <- oa_fetch(
  entity = "authors",
  last_known_institutions.id = "I71267560",
  works_count = ">700",
  output = "list"
)

df <- oa2df(res, entity = "authors")

df

## End(Not run)

openalexR documentation built on April 11, 2025, 6:01 p.m.