ash-williams 0.9.2

Hunting Deadites in the references

Ash

Hunting the evil dead in the scientific literature.

Usage

This is a work in progress. Get yourself a copy of the Retraction Watch database, get yourself a paper with some references in it, then try Ash. First install:

python -m pip install ash-williams

And then something like:

from pprint import pprint

import ash

db = ash.RetractionDatabase("./retractions.csv")
paper = ash.Paper.from_path("./manuscript.docx")
pprint(paper.report(db))

Retraction Watch database

Crossref has licensed the Retraction Watch for a five-year term and are making it public including updates, per the official announcement: https://doi.org/10.13003/c23rw1d9. To download the latest data snapshot (~44 MB as of Jul 2024), simply add your email address to the following URL. The csv will automatically download: api.labs.crossref.org/data/retractionwatch?[e-mail]