Python scripts

citations.py

Given an author identified by his/her BAI, this Python3 script counts the total number of citations and the total number of citations excluding self cites over all papers of this author in the Inspirehep database.

Additionally, it allows saving a snapshot for later detection of changes in the number of citations of individual papers and detection of new/removed papers

Built on & inspired by https://github.com/efranzin/python

Usage:

python citations.py

Sample output:

Total number of citations: 382; Excluding self cites: 227

3 new citations: "On the prospects of ultra-high energy cosmic rays "

Do you want to save a snapshot [y/n]?  n
Not saved.

Parameters at the beginning of the file:

• AUTHOR, specifies the author's BAI identifier (default P.Motloch.2)
• MAX_NUM_PAPERS, specifies the maximal number of papers requested from INSPIRE-HEP (default 1000)
• SHORT_TITLE_LENGTH, specifies the length to which shorten long paper titles (default 50)
• NEED_WRITE_CONFIRM, specifies whether the program asks the user before writing to disk (default True)
• FILENAME, specifies the snapshot file