scholar
Analyse Citation Data from Google Scholar
Description
Provides functions to extract citation data from Google Scholar. Convenience functions are also provided for comparing multiple scholars and predicting future h-index values.
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CRAN Check Status
Show all 13 flavors
| Flavor | Status |
|---|---|
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-patched-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-windows-x86_64 | OK |
Check History
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 9, 2026
ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 8, 2026
package dependencies
Packages required but not available: 'tidygraph', 'ggraph' See section ‘The DESCRIPTION file’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual.
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 8, 2026
WARNING 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 7, 2026
PDF version of manual
LaTeX errors when creating PDF version. This typically indicates Rd problems. LaTeX errors found:
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
Code
Structure
Lines of code
2,759
Files
57
Compiled share
0%
Has compiled src
No
Language breakdown
API
Exported functions
26
Internal functions
9
Recent export changes
Testing & CI
Has tests
Yes
Test-to-code ratio
0.05
testthat edition
–
CI present
No
CI type
[]
PR gated
No
Docs
Return-value doc rate
84.6%
\dontrun example ratio
60%
Roxygen coverage
100%
Has pkgdown
No
NEWS present
Yes
Health & Security signals
Informational signals; not verdicts.
on.exit coverage
0%
Unsafe pattern score
0
Dep constraint coverage
0%
Secret pattern count
0
Bundled 3rd-party code
2 items
Portability & License
Min R version
4.1.0
System requirements
–
C++ standard
–
License
MIT + file LICENSE
License flags
SPDX valid, OSI approved
History
Versions
14
First release
2013-10-22
Latest release
2026-02-26
Avg cadence
245 days
Cold removal rate
100%
Dep drift
10
LOC over versions
Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/cran-code-metrics.