ENLIT (Exploring New LITerature)

ENLIT is a tool that supports scholars in exploring new literature:

• It makes backward searches more efficient by extracting the references from a literature corpus (set of PDFs) and providing a list without duplicates. It also provides statistics on journals and authors that are cited frequently by the given literature corpus.
• It implements a new exploratory strategy that facilitates understanding: simply start by reading the most influential papers and skim the remaining papers afterwards. A paper that explains why this strategy is more effective than the traditional skim first and read afterwards approach will be published soon.

Installation

1. Install the latest version of GROBID, a machine-learning library for bibliographic data. Following the instructions of GROBID will ensure a clean installation of the project.
2. Download the latest release of ENLIT.
3. When starting ENLIT, set the GROBID path (Menu File, Settings, GROBID path).

Developing and Contributing

Import ENLIT as a Maven-project.

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request

Authors

• Philip Empl - University of Regensburg
• Gerit Wagner - University of Regensburg

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license, it is based on GROBID and uses JabRef code.