bibliometrix (version 2.1.2)

convert2df: Convert a Clarivate Analytics WoS, SCOPUS and COCHRANE Database Export files or RISmed PubMed/MedLine object into a data frame

Description

It converts a SCOPUS, Clarivate Analytics WoS and COCHRANE Database export files or RISmed PubMed/MedLine object into a data frame, with cases corresponding to articles and variables to Field Tags as used in WoS.

Usage

convert2df(file, dbsource = "isi", format = "plaintext")

Arguments

file

can be: a) a character array containing data read from a Clarivate Analytics WoS Export file (in plain text or bibtex format) or SCOPUS Export file (exclusively in bibtex format); b) an object of the class pubmed (package RISmed) containing a collection obtained from a query performed with RISmed package.

dbsource

is a character indicating the bibliographic database. dbsource can be "isi", "scopus" or pubmed. Default is dbsource = "isi".

format

is a character indicating the format of the SCOPUS and Clarivate Analytics WoS export file. format can be "bibtex" or "plaintext". Default is format = "plaintext".

Value

a data frame with cases corresponding to articles and variables to Field Tags in the original export file.

data frame columns are named using the standard Clarivate Analytics WoS Field Tag codify. The main field tags are:

AU		Authors
TI		Document Title
SO		Publication Name (or Source)
JI		ISO Source Abbreviation
DT		Document Type
DE		Authors' Keywords
ID		Keywords associated by SCOPUS or WoS database
AB		Abstract
C1		Author Address
RP		Reprint Address
CR		Cited References
TC		Times Cited
PY		Year
SC		Subject Category
UT		Unique Article Identifier
DB		Database

for a complete list of field tags see: Field Tags used in bibliometrix

Details

Actually the function allows to convert both SCOPUS/WoS files in bibtext format and just WoS files in plain text format.

See Also

scopus2df for converting SCOPUS Export file (in bibtex format)

isibib2df for converting ISI Export file (in bibtex format)

isi2df for converting ISI Export file (in plain text format)

pubmed2df for converting an object of the class pubmed (RISmed package)

Other converting functions: bib2df, cochrane2df, isi2df, isibib2df, pubmed2df, scopus2df

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# An ISI or SCOPUS Export file can be read using \code{\link{readLines}} function:

# D <- readFiles('filename1.txt','filename2.txt','filename3.txt')

# filename1.txt, filename2.txt and filename3.txt are WoS or SCOPUS Export file 
# in plain text or bibtex format.

#  biblio <- readFiles('http://www.bibliometrix.org/datasets/bibliometrics_articles.txt')

data(biblio)

biblio_df_df <- convert2df(file = biblio, dbsource = "isi", format = "bibtex")

# }