Extract Scholar Data from Google Scholar — ExtractScholarData • CiteAnalyzer

Extracts comprehensive citation data for a Google Scholar profile with built-in rate limiting to prevent blocking. This function addresses the common challenge of Google Scholar blocking requests when too many are made in a short period.

Usage

ExtractScholarData(
  scholar_id,
  max_publications = 100,
  rate_limit_seconds = 5,
  retry_attempts = 3,
  user_agent = NULL,
  cache_dir = NULL
)

Arguments

scholar_id: Character string containing the Google Scholar ID (e.g., "qc6CJjYAAAAJ")
max_publications: Integer maximum number of publications to retrieve (default: 100)
rate_limit_seconds: Numeric seconds to wait between requests (default: 5)
retry_attempts: Integer number of retry attempts if request fails (default: 3)
user_agent: Character string for custom user agent (optional)
cache_dir: Directory for storing cached data (default: NULL for temporary cache)

Value

ScholarProfile object containing scholar data and publications

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Extract data for a scholar (replace with actual ID)
scholar_data <- ExtractScholarData("qc6CJjYAAAAJ", max_publications = 50)
} # }