compare_scholar_careers: Compare the careers of multiple scholars

Description Usage Arguments Examples

View source: R/compare.r

Description

Compares the careers of multiple scholars based on their citation histories. The scholar's career is defined by the number of citations to his or her work in a given year (i.e. the bar chart at the top of a scholar's profile). The function has an career option that allows users to compare scholars directly, i.e. relative to the first year in which their publications are cited.

Usage

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Arguments

ids

a character vector of Google Scholar IDs

career

a boolean, should a column be added to the results measuring the year relative to the first citation year. Default = TRUE

Examples

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{
    ## How do Richard Feynmann and Stephen Hawking compare?
    # Compare Feynman and Stephen Hawking
    ids <- c("B7vSqZsAAAAJ", "qj74uXkAAAAJ")
    df <- compare_scholar_careers(ids)
}

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