epmc_profile function

Obtain a summary of hit counts

This functions returns the number of results found for your query, and breaks it down to the various publication types, data sources, and subsets Europe PMC provides.

epmc_profile(query = NULL, synonym = TRUE)

Arguments

• query: character, search query. For more information on how to build a search query, see https://europepmc.org/Help
• synonym: logical, synonym search. If TRUE, synonym terms from MeSH terminology and the UniProt synonym list are queried, too. Enabled by default.

Examples

## Not run:

  epmc_profile('malaria')
  # use field search, e.g. query materials and reference section for
  # mentions of "ropensci"
  epmc_profile('(METHODS:"ropensci")')
## End(Not run)