• Authors: Jeanette Clark, Matthew B. Jones, Maya Samet, Althea Marks
• doi:10.18739/A2VT1GR7M
• License: Apache 2
• Package source code on Github
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Automates the full text harvesting of dataset citations from various full text article databases, including Scopus, PLOS, Springer, and XDD.

Installation

Released version

remotes::install_github("DataONEorg/scythe@v1.0.0")

The scythe R package should be available for use at this point.

Development version

Development versions can be installed from GitHub.

remotes::install_github("DataONEorg/scythe@develop")

Quick Start

To set API keys for use in the package, see the section below on authentication.

library(scythe)
scythe_set_key(source = "scopus", secret = "YOUR KEY")

identifier <- "10.18739/A22274"
results <- citation_search(identifier)

Authorization Credentials & API Key Management

The function scythe_set_key() manages API keys using the keyring package. keyring uses your operating system's credential store to securely keep track of key-value pairs. Running scythe_set_key() for the first time will prompt you to set a password for your keyring, should you need to lock or unlock it.

Scopus

To obtain a Scopus API key, make an account at the Elseviers Developers Portal and create API key. Once you've obtained your key, you can use scythe_set_key() to securely set your key. This key is accessed in the citation_search() function, but you can also retrieve the value using keyring::key_get().

scythe_set_key(source = "scopus", secret = "YOUR_KEY")
keyring::key_get("scopus", keyring = "scythe")

Springer

The Springer Nature API key is available by creating an application here after signing up for an account. The key can be set and retrieved using:

scythe_set_key(source = "springer", secret = "YOUR_KEY")
keyring::key_get("springer", keyring = "scythe")

Acknowledgments

Work on this package was supported by:

• NSF-PLR grant #1546024 to M. B. Jones, S. Baker-Yeboah, J. Dozier, M. Schildhauer, and A. Budden