Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) Article Bibliography Cited References Frequency

WoS_bib_CR_Freq is a data analysis script that analyzes the Cited-References field in BibTeX files.
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WoS_bib_CR_Freq is a small bibliometrics data analysis script that inputs
Web of Science BibTeX article bibliographic records and then counts the
number of times each reference is cited with the BibTex Cited-References field.
Algorithm for WoS_bib_CR_Freq:
1. Input "Full Record and Cited References" WoS BibTex file.
2. Extract out all data within each "Cited-References" field.
3. Extract out only the Journal/Reference Title from result in step 2.
4. Calculate frequency of Journal/Reference Titles and sort.

Compile and use your own WoS BibTex data for this script:

In order to make real use of this script, you will want to collect
your own data from Web of Science. One potential Workflow is to use the
Organization-Enhanced search field and limit to the desired Institution,
document type, and year range. You should then export the records as
follows:

Save to Other File Formats > Full Record and Cited References > BibTeX

Web of Science only allows you to export 500 records at a time, so you will
need to repeat this if more records are needed for your data analysis. The
individual BibTeX files can then be combined into one file. I used the
following method:

1. Convert the .bib extension to .txt. This can be completed manually or
programmatically. I use the Windows rename command from within Matlab,
just make sure you only apply it to the correct directory! Here is the
code:

cd('C:\myfolder\')
!ren *.bib *.txt;

2. Next, you will need to combine each text file into one file. Again, you
can do this manually or programmatically in Matlab (on Windows) as follows:

cd('C:\myfolder\');
system('copy/b *.txt combined_file.txt')

Sample Output from WoS_bib_CR_Freq, first 10 only shown:

Journal_Uniq Freq_Number Freq_Percent
______________________ ___________ ____________

'PHYS REV D' 13094 2.5592
'PHYS REV LETT' 8672 1.6949
'PHYS LETT B' 8146 1.5921
'ASTROPHYS J' 7975 1.5587
'J HIGH ENERGY PHYS' 6451 1.2609
'MON NOT R ASTRON SOC' 4025 0.78669
'J CHEM PHYS' 3927 0.76753
'EUR PHYS J C' 3887 0.75972
'J AM CHEM SOC' 3667 0.71672
'NUCL PHYS B' 3439 0.67215
'SCIENCE' 3231 0.6315

Cite As

Vincent Scalfani (2024). Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) Article Bibliography Cited References Frequency (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/67915-web-of-science-clarivate-analytics-article-bibliography-cited-references-frequency), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2018a
Compatible with any release
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