This function sends a query to the Web Of Science Lite API (https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/woslite) and returns the total number of records that match this query.
To learn how to write a WOS query, users can read the WOS documentation available at: https://images.webofknowledge.com/images/help/WOK/contents.html. A list of WOS field tags is available at: https://images.webofknowledge.com/images/help/WOS/hs_wos_fieldtags.html.
wos_search(query, database = "WOS")a character of length 1. The query to send to the WOS lite
API. Visit the WOS documentation at:
https://images.webofknowledge.com/images/help/WOK/contents.html on
how to write a WOS query.
a character of length 1. One among BCI (BIOSIS Citation
Index), BIOABS (Biological Abstracts), BIOSIS (BIOSIS Previews),
CCC (Current Contents Connect), DCI (Data Citation Index), DIIDW
(Derwent Innovations Index), MEDLINE (Medline), WOS (Web of Science
Core Collection), ZOOREC (Zoological Record), and WOK (all databases).
Default is WOS (all databases).
The total number of records (integer of length 1) that match the
query.
if (FALSE) {
## Search in TOPIC an exact expression ----
query <- "TS=\"salmo salar\""
wos_search(query)
## Search in TOPIC an exact expression and another term ----
query <- "TS=(\"salmo salar\" AND conservation)"
wos_search(query)
## Search for a specific year ----
query <- "TS=(\"salmo salar\" AND conservation) AND PY=2021"
wos_search(query)
## Search for a time span ----
query <- "TS=(\"salmo salar\" AND conservation) AND PY=2010-2021"
wos_search(query)
## Search for an author ----
query <- "AU=(\"Casajus N\")"
wos_search(query)
}