bibliometrix (version 5.2.0)

get_authors_summary: Get Authors Summary from OpenAlex

Description

Retrieves a quick summary of all authors from a paper without making additional API calls for individual author profiles. Useful for getting an overview of the authorship structure.

Usage

get_authors_summary(
  doi = "10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.007",
  verbose = FALSE,
  sleep_time = 0.2,
  max_retries = 3
)

Value

A data frame with summary information for all authors including:

• position: Author position in the paper

• display_name: Author name as it appears in the paper

• author_position_type: Type of position (first, last, middle)

• is_corresponding: Whether the author is a corresponding author

• orcid: ORCID identifier if available

• openalex_id: OpenAlex author identifier

• primary_affiliation: Main institutional affiliation

Arguments

doi

Character. DOI of the article

verbose

Logical. Print informative messages during execution (default: FALSE)

sleep_time

Numeric. Seconds to wait before API call (default: 0.2)

max_retries

Integer. Maximum number of retry attempts (default: 3)

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# Get a quick summary of all authors
summary <- get_authors_summary(doi = "10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.007")
print(summary)
}