scopus_combine: Combine record sets into one

In scopusflow: A Reproducible Workflow Layer for 'Scopus' Bibliographic Searches

Combine record sets into one

Description

Binds several scopus_records objects into a single one, renumbering entry_number across the result and, optionally, dropping duplicates. This is the safe way to merge separate fetches: plain rbind() would leave duplicate entry numbers, and c() would return a list.

Usage

scopus_combine(..., dedupe = FALSE)

## S3 method for class 'scopus_records'
c(x, ...)

Arguments

...	Two or more scopus_records objects, or a single list of them.
dedupe	Logical. When TRUE, records sharing a 'Scopus' identifier, or failing that a DOI (compared case-insensitively), are kept once.
x	A scopus_records object (for the c() method).

Value

A scopus_records tibble. Per-retrieval attributes such as total_results are not carried over, since they describe a single fetch.

See Also

scopus_fetch_plan(), which combines plan cells the same way.

Examples

# Merging a set with itself and de-duplicating recovers the distinct records.
scopus_combine(example_records, example_records, dedupe = TRUE)

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