univtil 1.0.0

Utility library for academic work — converts RIS and NBIB reference files to BibTeX

univtil

A Python utility library for academic work, focused on processing bibliographic reference files.

Features

• Parse RIS (Research Information Systems) files and convert them to BibTeX
• Parse NBIB (PubMed/NLM) files and convert them to BibTeX
• Handles multiple entries per file
• Automatic BibTeX entry-type mapping (article, book, inproceedings, etc.)
• Auto-generated citation keys from author name and year

Installation

Clone the repository and add it to your Python path:

python -m pip install univtil

Usage

RIS → BibTeX

from univtil.bib.ris import RIS, rislist

# Single entry
with open("paper.ris") as f:
    text = f.read()

ref = RIS(text)
print(ref.tobib())

# Multiple entries in one file
refs = rislist(text)
for ref in refs:
    print(ref.tobib())
    print()

NBIB (PubMed) → BibTeX

from univtil.bib.nbib import NBib, nbiblist

with open("results.nbib") as f:
    text = f.read()

# Single entry
ref = NBib(text)
print(ref.tobib())

# Multiple entries
refs = nbiblist(text)
for ref in refs:
    print(ref.tobib())
    print()

Supported entry types

Source type	BibTeX entry
Journal article / Review	@article
Book	@book
Book chapter	@inbook
Conference paper	@inproceedings
Thesis	@phdthesis
Technical report	@techreport
Other	@misc

License

MIT License — see LICENSE.