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Bibliometric analysis with R

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scimetr 1.1.0: 2025-11-22

Source: vignettes/docs/R_packages.Rmd
R_packages.Rmd

Packages for bibliometric analysis

  • bibliometrix: An R-Tool for Comprehensive Science Mapping Analysis.

    Aria, M. & Cuccurullo, C. (2017). bibliometrix: An R-tool for comprehensive science mapping analysis, Journal of Informetrics, 11(4), pp 959-975, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.007.

  • CITAN: CITation ANalysis Toolpack [DEPRECATED].

    Gagolewski, M. (2011). Bibliometric impact assessment with R and the CITAN package, Journal of Informetrics, 5(4), pp. 678-692, DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2011.06.006, revised version.

  • scimetr: Analysis of Scientific Publication Data with R.

Packages for downloading bibliometric data

ropensci: Transforming science through open data and software

Selecting the Literature filter in ropensci/packages, a list of packages that may be useful in this field is provided. Among them (in addition to openalexR and rcrossref) it is worth highlighting:

  • aRxiv: Interface to the arXiv API.

  • jstor: Import and Analyse Data from Scientific Articles.

  • fulltext: Full Text of ‘Scholarly’ Articles Across Many Data Sources.

  • europepmc: R Interface to the Europe PubMed Central RESTful Web Service.

  • IEEER: Interface to the IEEE Xplore Gateway [ARCHIVED].