get_pubmed_count_only: Get information on the count of papers from pubmed

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get_pubmed_count_onlyR Documentation

Get information on the count of papers from pubmed

Description

This will give the total number of pubmed articles mentioning the taxon name and other search string and information on the most recent such papers.

Usage

get_pubmed_count_only(taxon, search.string = " AND phylogeny")

Arguments

taxon

The clade of interest

search.string

Include spaces and AND and similar search elements

Value

List with a count element (integer) and a recent.papers element (data.frame)

Examples

taxon <- "Formicidae"
results <- get_pubmed_count_only(taxon)
print(paste("There are", results, "papers on", taxon, "and phylogeny"))

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