lisc.collect_citations¶
- lisc.collect_citations(dois, util='citations', collect_dois=False, logging=None, directory=None, verbose=False)[source]¶
Collect citation data from OpenCitations.
- Parameters:
- doislist of str
DOIs to collect citation data for.
- util{‘citations’, ‘references’}
Which utility to collect citation data with. Options:
‘citations’: collects the number of citations citing the specified DOI.
‘references’: collects the number of references cited by the specified DOI.
- collect_doisbool, optional, default: False
Whether to also collect the list of DOIs of cited or referenced papers.
- logging{None, ‘print’, ‘store’, ‘file’}, optional
What kind of logging, if any, to do for requested URLs.
- directorystr or SCDB, optional
Folder or database object specifying the save location.
- verbosebool, optional, default: False
Whether to print out updates.
- Returns:
- n_citationsdict
The number of citations or references for each article.
- cite_doisdict
The DOIs of the citing or references articles. Only returned if collect_dois is True.
- meta_dataMetaData
Meta data about the data collection.
Examples
Collect citation data for a specified article:
>>> citations, meta_data = collect_citations(['10.1038/nmeth.1635'])
