Reference and Reporting Information¶

This page describes how to reference and report on using this method for collecting and analyzing the scientific literature.

Table of Contents¶

Reference
Example Applications
Methods Reporting

Reference¶

If you use this method please cite the following paper:

Reference

Donoghue, T. (2018) LISC: A Python Package for Scientific Literature Collection and Analysis. Journal of Open Source Software, 4(41), 1674. DOI: 10.21105/joss.01674

Direct link: https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01674

Example Applications¶

You can find a list of some exaple projects that LISC has been used for on the Projects page.

You can also find a list of articles that cite the LISC paper at this Google scholar link.

Methods Reporting¶

If you use this module in your work, there is some information that should be included in the methods section.

Specifically, we recommend including the following information in the methods section:

The version number of the module that was used (for example 0.1.1)
Which databases were accessed, and what information was collected from them
The date(s) that the data collection was performed
Information about the state of the database at the time of collection
The search terms used, including synonyms, inclusion, and exclusion words
Any settings used in the API calls when collecting data, for example date ranges

This information can be kept track of by keeping a record of the code used to run the collection, and with the logging and meta data tracking available in the module.