get_complete_author_info: Get Complete Author Information and ID from Scopus

In rscopus: Scopus Database 'API' Interface

Description

Uses SCOPUS author search to identify author identification information

Usage

get_complete_author_info(last_name = NULL, first_name = NULL,
  affil_id = NULL, affil_name = NULL, api_key = NULL,
  http = "https://api.elsevier.com/content/search/author",
  query = NULL, count = 200, start = 0, verbose = TRUE,
  au_id = NULL, headers = NULL, ...)

Arguments

last_name	last name of author
first_name	first name of author
affil_id	ID of affiliation (optional)
affil_name	name of affiliation
api_key	Elsevier API key
http	Author API http
query	Additional query info, added using +AND+ to original query
count	maximum number of records to retrieve
start	index to start on. Only necessary if a large number of records retrieved
verbose	Print messages from specification
au_id	Author ID number, will override first/last combination if specified
headers	Headers passed to add_headers, passed to GET
...	options to pass to GET

Value

List of information

Examples

if (have_api_key()) {
res = get_complete_author_info(
last_name = "Muschelli",
first_name = "John",
verbose = FALSE)
}

Example output

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