ISI2BIB(1)

NAME
isi2bib - script to generate BibTeX entries from Web of Science

SYNOPSIS
isi2bib [-longlabels]

isi2bib [-longlabels] < file

DESCRIPTION
These are Perl script to generate entries for a BibTeX bibliography database from the search results of ISI Web of Science. ISI Web of Science (http://isiknowledge.com/) is an effective (non-free) search engine for scientific publications.

The idea is that you search the paper that you want in your BibTeX database with this search engine. Use the Full search - General Search. Usually, typing the authors will give you a reference to the paper. There are three ways to proceed:

1   Mark the result on WoS (click checkbox, click "submit marks") and proceed with the next reference. When finished, click "marked list" and then "export to reference software". These exported references can be fed into isi2bib.

2   Copy and paste the output from your web browser into this perl script and it will generate a well-formatted BibTeX-entry, which you can paste into your BibTeX database.

3   Use the isi2bib program as a CGI gateway on a web server. Change the configuration lines at the top of the script and use the template "online.html". If you put the script online, I would appreciate it if you acknowledge me.

See examples below.

It uses a nonstandard bibTeX field, `abstract'. I use the BibTeX style file `index.bst' and the LaTeX file `overview.tex' to generate an overview of everything that is in the bibTeX database, with some notes to remind me what the paper was about.

A Perl script to generate entries for a BibTeX bibliography database from the search results of ISI Web of Science.

Author: Han-Kwang Nienhuys (han-kwang.nienhuys AT chemphys.lu.se)

REQUIREMENTS

* Perl 5.x
* A subscription to Web of Science

INSTALLATION
Change the variable $newbibfile in isi2bib to wherever you store your bibliographic information. xisi2bib does not require any modification.

Check that the first line of the scripts points to the perl executable. I assume that you run Linux or some other Unix-like system; under Windows, you probably have to do some more effort, but that's not my expertise

Put the script somewhere in your path.

EXAMPLE 1 (FROM MARKED REFERENCES)
On WoS: Marked references, export to reference software, save to a file refs.txt, which looks like (without leading spaces on the lines):

  FN ISI Export Format
  VR 1.0
  AU Doe, JTM
     Smith, B
     Jones, S
  TI Photoinduced charge creation in some novel materials
  BP 678
  EP 901
  JI J. Chem. Phys
  PY 1987
  VL 123
  IS 10
  AB lorem ipsum
  ER

  (more records may follow)

At the command line:

  $xisi2bib < refs.txt

The output:

  @Article{doe87,
    author = {J.T.M. Doe and B. Smith and S. Jones},
    title = {Photoinduced charge creation in some novel materials},
    journal = {J. Chem. Phys},
    volume = {123},
    number = {10},
    pages = {678--901},
    year = {1987},
    entrydate = {2003/03/28},
    abstract = {lorem ipsum},
  }

EXAMPLE 2 (DIRECTLY FROM SEARCH RESULTS)
Search results in Web of Science:

  Doe JTM, Smith B, Jones S
  Photoinduced charge creation in some novel materials
  J CHEM PHYS 123 (4-5): 678-901 AUG 8 1987

At the command line:

   $isi2bib
   Paste data below (WoS export format (multiple)
   or from search results (1 entry at a time)
   End with 2 empty lines or EOF.
   Doe JTM, Smith B, Jones S
   Photoinduced charge creation in some novel materials
   CHEM PHYS LETT 123 (4-5): 678-901 AUG 8 1987

   Abstract (empty line to finish)

   @Article{doe87,
     author = {J. T. M. Doe and B. Smith and S. Jones},
     title = {Photoinduced charge creation in some novel materials},
     journal = {Chem Phys Lett},
     volume = {123},
     pages = {678--901},
     year = {1987},
     entrydate = {2003/09/16},
     abstract = {},
   }