(2019). pybliometrics: Scriptable Bibliometrics Using a Python Interface to ScopusMax Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 19-03.
We present a wrapper for the Scopus RESTful API written for Python 3. The
wrapper allows users to access the Scopus database via user-friendly interfaces and
can be used without prior knowledge of RESTful APIs. The package provides
classes to interact with different Scopus APIs to retrieve information as diverse
as citation counts, author information or document abstracts. Files are cached
to speed up subsequent analysis. The package addresses all users of Scopus data,
such as researchers working in Science of Science or evaluators. It facilitates re-
producibility of research projects and enhances data integrity for researchers using Scopus data.
