ScholarScrape

Octave script to pull PDFs from google scholar

Functionality

• pull pdfs from google scholar
• ability to select the number of pages to pull PDFs from (this acts as the proxy for the number of articles)
• ability to set publication start and end dates
• (optional) filter out citations and patents if wanted (unsure of what effect this has on the product of the script)
• Proper Filenames

Usage

ScholarScrape uses Octave 4.4.1 as its base however it should be executable in any recent versions of Octave, if you run into problems, submit and Issue.

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Future Implementation

• Citation Scraping
• Data Parsing
• Feedback/progress Bar
• Pull "all" entries option
• Automatic Directory Creation
• Ability to run script in GUI mode vs CLI mode
• Separate script and scraping
  • Script will have input definitions, function will actually pull the files