https://github.com/smidm/mendeley-add-citations

Adds citations count to documents in your Mendeley library.
https://github.com/smidm/mendeley-add-citations

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Adds citations count to documents in your Mendeley library.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/smidm/mendeley-add-citations
• Owner: smidm
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2013-11-06T14:35:31.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-02-22T15:10:17.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-22T20:48:25.316Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Topics: bibliography, google-scholar, mendeley
• Language: Python
• Size: 290 KB
• Stars: 17
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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mendeley-add-citations

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Adds citations count to documents in your Mendeley library.

![screenshot](screenshot.png)

Installation

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Install python and pip and afterwards run:

    git clone https://github.com/smidm/mendeley-add-citations

    cd mendeley-add-citations

    pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

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You have to register the application at Mendeley before usage.

1. create account at http://dev.mendeley.com/

2. register the application at 

	1. to **redirect URL** fill 

	2. generate secret

	2. submit

	3. write to `config.yml` the client *id* and the *secret*.

To start the script run:

    $ python mendeley_add_citations.py

On the first run you will be asked to go to an url where you have to grant access to your Mendeley library.

You can set a few options at the beginning of `mendeley-add-citations.py`.

The whole process takes from **tens of minutes** to **hours**. There are 

pauses between requests to Google Scholar between 5 and 20 seconds to avoid being blocked

by Google.

Known Problems

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In case of WSGI application exception **KeyError: 'state'** clear cookies originating from mendeley.com.

License

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GPL3, see LICENSE