mt_read_pmcoa: Download file from PubMed Central

In serghiou/metareadr: Downloads data often needed for meta-research.

Download file from PubMed Central

Description

Download the file of the designated PMCID (PubMed Central ID) in the file type of interest. This uses the [OAI-PMH service](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/tools/oai/). The Open Access Index only maintains the full text for a subset of the articles on PMC (not sure which subset).

Usage

mt_read_pmcoa(pmcid, file_name = NULL, file_format = "pmc")

Arguments

pmcid	The PMCID (not PMID) of the article as a string or integer (e.g. 13900).
file_name	The file name, as a string (e.g. "my_folder/my_file.xml"). If NULL (default), it will save the file in the current directory under its PMCID (e.g. "PMC 13900").
file_format	Format as described on the OAI-PMH service. The default ("pmc") downloads the whole text in XML format.

Value

Save the PubMed result as an XML file.

serghiou/metareadr documentation built on Aug. 21, 2023, 2:33 a.m.