IPBES_TG_Snowballing
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Snowballing for Literature Search and Analysis
This repository contains the source code for a Technical Guideline (TG).
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Github Repo: IPBES_TG_Snowballing
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input: input files needed the running of the code .data: data files created during the running of the code file and contains cached as well as final data files.figures: figures created during the running of the code` file in low-res as well as high-res.
Abstract
In addition to the typical literature search using search terms, one can conduct a snowballing search, which is searching, starting from a set of identified key-papers, the publications cited in the key papers as well as the publictions citing the key-paper. This search is much more focussed on the topic of the key-papers and provides, as a ind of by-product, the citation network of the papers. Here we will discuss how this can be achieved with code examples and mention some shortcomings and abvantages of this approach. Furthermore, we will outline some analysis approaches and possibilities of a citation network without going into to moch detail