Automatically Fetching References Metadata from Literature Databases.

LitFetchR

The purpose of LitFetchR is to automatically retrieve and deduplicate references based on saved search string(s). Access to Web of Science and Scopus requires personal API keys, while PubMed can be queried without one.

Installation

You can install the development version of LitFetchR from GitHub using devtools or remotes:

#install via devtools
install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("thomasdumond/LitFetchR")

#install via remotes
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("thomasdumond/LitFetchR")

Tutorial

You can find all the tutorials in the Articles tab.

Requirements

This package uses APIs to access Web of Science and Scopus platforms. To enjoy the full performance of LitFetchR, request personal API keys from the platforms. For more information on API keys, you can see our tutorial Get API keys. If you are affiliated with a university we suggest contacting your local librarian to discuss the use of API keys (i.e. quota access, details of databases accessed through Web of Science).

PubMed does not require API key access, so the package can still be used to access PubMed only.

More scientific platforms and databases will be considered for inclusion in future versions of the package.