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Bibliography files are notoriously hard to work with. Betterbib contains a number of easy-to-use command-line tools to help.

betterbib convert converts between different bibliography formats, e.g.
- BibTeX
- BibLaTeX
- RIS
- CSL-JSON
betterbib sync syncs bibliography data with a number of online sources, e.g.,
- Crossref
- DBLP
- PubMed
- arXiv
- Zenodo
betterbib format formats your bibliography files to your liking. Can also (un)abbreviate author and journal names.
betterbib doi-to converts a DOI or DOI URL to a bibliography entry.

Installation

Install betterbib from PyPI with

pip install betterbib

Convert

Sync

Simply run

betterbib sync in.bib

to sync your bibliography file with online sources. For example, the input

@article{wiles,
title={Fermat Last Theorem},
doi={10.2307/2118559},
}

is converted to

@article{wiles,
  number = {3},
  doi = {10.2307/2118559},
  pages = {443},
  source = {Crossref},
  volume = {141},
  author = {Wiles, Andrew},
  year = {1995},
  month = may,
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2307/2118559},
  issn = {0003-486X},
  journal = {The Annals of Mathematics},
  publisher = {JSTOR},
  title = {Modular Elliptic Curves and Fermat's Last Theorem},
}

See -h/--help for all options.

betterbib sync -h

Usage: betterbib sync [-h] [-i] [-c N] [-s SRC] [-m MINIMUM_SCORE] [-q] [--debug]
                      [--output-format {bibtex,biblatex,csl-json,ris}]
                      infiles [infiles ...]

Positional Arguments:
  infiles               input bibliography files

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i, --in-place        modify infile in place
  -c, --num-concurrent-requests N
                        number of concurrent HTTPS requests (default: 1)
  -s, --sources SRC     sources to try (comma-separated, with order; default:
                        crossref,dblp,pubmed)
  -m, --minimum-score MINIMUM_SCORE
                        minimum score to count as a match (default: 0.0)
  -q, --quiet           don't show progress info (default: show)
  --debug               some debug output (default: false)
  --output-format {bibtex,biblatex,csl-json,ris}
                        force output format (default: same as input)

Format

After that, you can for example run

betterbib format in.bib --sort-fields --align-values --journal-names short --abbrev-first-names

to get

@article{wiles,
  author    = {Wiles, A.},
  doi       = {10.2307/2118559},
  issn      = {0003-486X},
  journal   = {Ann. Math.},
  month     = may,
  number    = {3},
  pages     = {443},
  publisher = {JSTOR},
  source    = {Crossref},
  title     = {Modular Elliptic Curves and Fermat's Last Theorem},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.2307/2118559},
  volume    = {141},
  year      = {1995},
}

betterbib format -h

Usage: betterbib format [-h] [-i] [--drop DROP] [--journal-names {long,short,unchanged}] [--abbrev-first-names]
                        [--sort-entries] [--sort-fields] [--doi-url-type {unchanged,old,new,short}]
                        [--page-range-separator PAGE_RANGE_SEPARATOR] [--protect-title-capitalization]
                        [--indent [INDENT]] [--align-values]
                        infiles [infiles ...]

Positional Arguments:
  infiles               input BibTeX files

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i, --in-place        modify infile in place
  --drop DROP           drop fields from entries (can be passed multiple times)
  --journal-names {long,short,unchanged}
                        force full or abbreviated journal names (default: unchanged)
  --abbrev-first-names  abbreviate first names in author lists etc. (default: false)
  --sort-entries        sort entries alphabetically by BibTeX key (default: false)
  --sort-fields         sort fields alphabetically (default: false)
  --doi-url-type {unchanged,old,new,short}
                        DOI URL (new: https://doi.org/<DOI>, short: https://doi.org/abcde) (default: new)
  --page-range-separator PAGE_RANGE_SEPARATOR
                        page range separator (int or string, default: unchanged)
  --protect-title-capitalization
                        brace-protect names in titles (e.g., {Newton}; default: false)
  --indent [INDENT]     indentation (int or string; default: 1)
  --align-values        align field values (default: false)

Dereference DOIs

Given a DOI or a DOI URL, it's often useful to generate a bibliography entry for it. betterbib doi-to does just that.

betterbib doi-to ris 10.1002/andp.19053221004

TY  - JOUR
IS  - 10
DO  - 10.1002/andp.19053221004
SP  - 891
EP  - 921
DS  - Crossref
VL  - 322
AU  - Einstein, A.
DA  - 1905/01
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.19053221004
SN  - 0003-3804
SN  - 1521-3889
JF  - Annalen der Physik
JO  - Ann. Phys.
PB  - Wiley
TI  - Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper
ER  -

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