KDViz (version 1.3.1)

ArticleSearch: Search articles from web

Description

Search articles by specifying a list of key terms and a journal database.

Usage

ArticleSearch(keywords, webSite = "ScienceDirect", maxSize,
  saveCSV = FALSE, exportName = "BibDataOnline")

Arguments

keywords

a vector containing the key terms to search.

webSite

a string specifying the website where you want to search the articles. The default website is "ScienceDirect".

maxSize

the max number of article you want to get.

saveCSV

logical. If TRUE, a CSV file will be saved with the downloaded information from the bibliographic database.

exportName

a character string naming the CSV file that is going to be saved.

Value

A dataframe object containing the information obtained from the search of articles.

Details

The amount of time spent in the execution of this function depends on the internet connection and the number of articles found and the number of articles to download.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
myBibData <- ArticleSearch(c("knowledge domain visualization"),
  webSite = "ScienceDirect", maxSize = 7, saveCSV = FALSE)

head(myBibData, 3)
# }