R/get_publication.R
get_publication.Rd
The function takes the parameters, defined by the user, and returns a table with publication information from the Neotoma Paleoecological Database.
get_publication(x, contactid, datasetid, author, pubtype, year, search)
x | Numeric Publication ID value, either from |
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contactid | Numeric Contact ID value, either from |
datasetid | Numeric Dataset ID, known or from |
author | Character string for full or partial author's name. Can include wildcards such as 'Smit*' for all names beginning with 'Smit'. |
pubtype | Character string, one of eleven allowable types, see |
year | Numeric publication year. |
search | A character string to search for within the article citation. |
A list is returned with two data frame components:
meta
A single row with Publication ID, type, year of publication and full citation.
Authors
data.frame
of author names, order and IDs, can be of variable length.
Neotoma Project Website: http://www.neotomadb.org API Reference: http://wnapi.neotomadb.org/doc/resources/contacts
Simon J. Goring [email protected]
if (FALSE) { # To find all publications from 1998: year.cont <- get_publication(year = 1998) # To find all data contributors who have the last name "Smith" smith.cont <- get_publication(author = 'Smith') }