summary.scopus_records: Summarise a set of 'Scopus' records

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

Summarise a set of 'Scopus' records

Description

Gives a compact overview of a scopus_records object, reporting how many records it holds, the span of publication years they cover, how many distinct sources and Digital Object Identifiers appear among them and how widely they have been cited. It is a convenient way to take stock of a retrieval before any closer analysis.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'scopus_records'
summary(object, ...)

Arguments

object	A scopus_records tibble.
...	Ignored, present for compatibility with the summary() generic.

Value

A list of class scopus_records_summary, with elements n_records, years (the earliest and latest year present, each NA when no year is known), n_sources, n_with_doi, total_citations, median_citations, top_cited (the title of the most-cited record) and top_source (the most frequent source title). Printing it produces a short readable report.

Examples

summary(example_records)

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