Read an RIS file — read

Parses a .ris file into a standardized bibliometric data frame. Like BibTeX, standard RIS does not include cited references.

Usage

read_ris(file, encoding = "UTF-8")

Arguments

file: Path to a .ris file.
encoding: Character. File encoding. Default "UTF-8".

Value

A data frame in the standard bibnets format: id, title, year, journal, doi, cited_by_count, abstract, type, plus list-columns authors, references (typically empty for RIS), and keywords.

Examples

# Write a minimal RIS record to a temp file, then read it
ris <- "TY  - JOUR
AU  - Smith, J.
AU  - Jones, K.
TI  - Bibliometric networks
JO  - Test Journal
PY  - 2020
DO  - 10.1000/test
ER  - "
f <- tempfile(fileext = ".ris")
writeLines(ris, f)
data <- read_ris(f)
data[, c("id", "title", "year", "journal", "doi")]
#>             id                 title year      journal          doi
#> 1 10.1000/test Bibliometric networks 2020 Test Journal 10.1000/test
unlink(f)