I just read the paper about #openalexR, an #rstats package to work with data from #OpenAlex.
Aria, M., Le Trang, Cuccurullo, C., Belfiore, A., & Choe, J. (2024). openalexR: An r-tool for collecting bibliometric data from OpenAlex. The R Journal, 15, 167–180. https://doi.org/10.32614/RJ-2023-089
This package is useful to work with scholarly literature as this demands efficient tools for bibliometric analysis, science mapping, and research assessment. OpenAlex, a large open database of academic metadata, provides free access to comprehensive bibliometric data, but accessing and analyzing this data can be technically challenging. For example, we used an OpenAlex csv data dump in a review about the #Fediverse and open source software [1].
openalexR, an R package, which is offering a user-friendly interface to the OpenAlex API. This package enables researchers to query, download, and analyze metadata on works, authors, institutions, sources, concepts, and more, with minimal coding expertise. Key features include oa_fetch for data retrieval, oa_snowball for automated citation-based literature searches, and oa_ngrams for text analysis. By converting API responses into structured data frames. Thus, it should be a nice tool for bibliometric studies, literature reviews, and science mapping. This might also come handy to identify trends, map collaborations, and assess scholarly impact. Be warned, the OpenAlex data is far from complete or perfect.
[1] Rödiger, S., Kögler, M., Birkholz, M., 2024. Open-Source Software, Fediverse and Custom ROMs as Tools for a Sustainable Internet, in: 2024 Electronics Goes Green 2024+ (EGG). Presented at the 2024 Electronics Goes Green 2024+ (EGG), pp. 1–13. https://doi.org/10.23919/EGG62010.2024.10631179
