pmidcite

[dvklopfenstein]

Submitting Author: DV Klopfenstein, PhD (@dvklopfenstein)
Package Name: pmidcite
One-Line Description of Package: Download "Cited by" data from the NIH for any paper with a PubMed ID from the cli
Repository Link: https://github.com/dvklopfenstein/pmidcite
EiC: TBD

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Description

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• Improve your literature search: Sort through papers faster; Make your lit search reproducible;
• Quickly download citation data for any PubMed ID (PMID) with with minimal typing on the command line. Citation data includes citation counts (aka "CitedBy" counts) and the performance of the paper in its co-citation network.
• Download a single line containing all the citation and reference counts, the number of authors, the first author's last name, and the title for each researcher-given PMID by default.
• Download all citation data: One line for each citing paper and optionally one line for each reference using the verbose option.
• MeSH (PubMed's Medical Subject Headings) keywords related to studies focusing on human, animal, and/or molecular/cellular biology are indicated as present if they are associated with the paper.
• Published in Research Synthesis Methods: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1456
• PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33031632/

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