Pyscholar

A library to create science collaboration networks.

Requirements

• Python ≥ 2.7
• Networkx
• Matplotlib

Pyscholar does not support Python 3.x

Installation

Before installing Pyscholar you must get your API Key in the following link.

First you need to clone the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/rfabila/Pyscholar.git

Then you must run setup.py and enter your API KEY

$ python setup.py
$ Your Scopus API key:(Enter here your API Key)

Basic Usage

First navigate to the installation directory:

$ cd ~/Pyscholar/src

Then execute python

$ python
Python 2.7.6 (default, Jun 22 2015, 17:58:13) 
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 

And import the Pyscholar package in the REPL

>>> import pyscholar

And now you can do some searching.

Examples

The following function performs a search by author. It receives the first and last name, and returns a list of IDs associated with the author.

>>> pyscholar.find_author_scopus_id_by_name("Ruy", "Fabila-Monroy")
>>> [u'56013555800', u'16635924700']

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.