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ChocoLattes (version 0.1.0)

extract_qualis: Extract QUALIS information

Description

Summarize production as classified by a given QUALIS extract

Usage

extract_qualis(lattes.list, years, qualis.file, isComputerScience = FALSE,
  output.file = c("csv", "xlsx"), plotQualis = TRUE,
  qualis.extract = NULL, plot.width = 16, plot.height = 8,
  plot.units = "in", plot.res = 300, plot.text.size = 18)

Arguments

lattes.list
a Lattes list object created using lattes_to_list()
years
integer vector with years to be extracted from lattes.list
qualis.file
CSV file containing the ranking of journals according to the QUALIS classification system for a certain area. See Qualis File for details.
isComputerScience
logical flag to indicate if the relevant Qualis file is related to the "Computer Science" area (in which case conferences also receive QUALIS ranks)
output.file
type of file to output (xlsx or csv).
plotQualis
logical flag, should a plot be generated?
qualis.extract
name of the qualis extract used (optional, for the plot only)
plot.width, plot.height, plot.units, plot.res, plot.text.size
graphical parameters

Value

This routine returns nothing. It generates one .xlsx or csv file for each year in years, as well as a summary plot per year (as a png file), if plotQualis = TRUE

Qualis File

The qualis file must be a CSV file with commas as separators and UTF-8 encoding. To ensure these properties, follow the steps: