pmidcite

pmidcite augments PubMed search results by retrieving and integrating citation counts from the National Institutes of Health Open Citation Collection (NIH-OCC) via the iCite API to enable citation-based sorting and evaluation of biomedical literature.

Key Features:

• Citation Count Retrieval: Retrieves citation counts from the National Institutes of Health Open Citation Collection (NIH-OCC) using PubMed IDs (PMIDs).
• Sorting by Citation Counts: Sorts PubMed search results or lists of PMIDs by citation counts to prioritize influential publications.
• Integration with iCite API: Queries the NIH iCite API to obtain and integrate citation metadata from NIH-OCC.
• Command-line Operation: Operates as a command-line application that accepts PMIDs as input for retrieval and sorting of citation data.

Scientific Applications:

• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses: Provides citation metrics alongside PubMed results to support literature selection and assessment.
• Bibliometric and literature evaluation: Enables prioritization of influential studies and citation-based assessment of research outputs.

Methodology:

pmidcite operates via the command line, accepts PMIDs as input, and retrieves and sorts citation counts by querying the NIH iCite API for citation data from NIH-OCC.