Queries the arXiv API to get metadata for papers submitted to a given category during a specified date range. Records are ordered by earliest submitted.
get_records(cat, date_range, lim = NULL)
| cat | arXiv category name(s) to retrieve papers for. Search for papers listed under multiple categories by using the pipe ("|") delimiter. |
|---|---|
| date_range | Submission dates in "YYYYMMDD TO YYYYMMDD" format |
| lim | Total number of records to retrieve. If the function is called interactively and no lim value is given, the function will check how many records the query will return and prompt the user to proceed. |
data.frame of metadata
# Get the first 10 papers submitted to *both* math.CO and math.PR in 2019 # papers <- get_records("math.CO | math.PR", "2019 TO 2020", 10)