author_search: Search Author Content on SCOPUS

In rscopus: Scopus Database 'API' Interface

Description

Searches SCOPUS to get information about documents on an author.

Usage

author_search(au_id, api_key = NULL,
  http = "https://api.elsevier.com/content/search/author", count = 200,
  start = 0, verbose = TRUE, facets = "subjarea(sort=fd,count=350)",
  searcher = "AU-ID", max_count = Inf, view = c("STANDARD",
  "COMPLETE"), add_query = NULL, headers = NULL, wait_time = 0, ...)

Arguments

au_id	Author ID number
api_key	API Key for Elsevier
http	Address for scopus api
count	number of records to retrieve (below 200, see https://dev.elsevier.com/api_key_settings.html)
start	where should the records start gathering
verbose	Print diagnostic messages
facets	Facets sent in query. See https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
searcher	Identifier for author ID. Do not change unless you know exactly what the API calls for.
max_count	Maximum count of records to be returned.
view	type of view to give, see https://api.elsevier.com/documentation/AuthorSearchAPI.wadl
add_query	Things to add to the query parameter for the request
headers	additional headers to be added to add_headers
wait_time	The time in seconds to wait across consecutive requests of a single search (when records > 25)
...	Arguments to be passed to the query list for GET

Value

List of entries from SCOPUS

See Also

get_author_info

Examples

## Not run: 
author_search(au_id = "Smith", searcher = "affil(princeton) and authlast")
berk = author_search(au_id = "berkeley", searcher = "affil", count =100)

## End(Not run)

rscopus documentation built on Sept. 18, 2019, 1:03 a.m.