| check_title {discoverableresearch} | R Documentation |
Check title with those from a test set
Description
Check given title for an article to assess how discoverable it is
Usage
check_title(title, testset, threshold = 0.6, matches = FALSE, plot = TRUE)
Arguments
title |
The article title: a short string |
testset |
A provided sample set of representative titles to compare with, entered as a .bib or .ris file (or using the RIS .txt file in data as specified in the example below) |
threshold |
A threshold between 0 and 1 for the similarity score of titles in the sample set relative to the title provided, above which matching titles will be printed out in 'matches'. Default threshold set to 0.6 (arbitrarily) |
matches |
Logical argument TRUE or FALSE. If TRUE, the matches with a similarity score above the threshold are printed to a data frame ('matches'). If FALSE, no output is provided. |
plot |
Logical argument TRUE or FALSE. If TRUE, a histogram of the similarity scores of test set titles compared to the title is plotted. |
Value
A report describing the suitability of the title for research discovery based on a comparison with the test set. If 'matches = TRUE', a list containing a report describing the suitability of the title for research discovery based on a comparison with the test set and a database containing matches with a similarity score above the threshold value.
Examples
title <- "A methodology for systematic mapping in environmental sciences"
testset <- system.file("extdata", "sample_titles.txt", package="discoverableresearch")
check <- check_title(title, testset = testset, threshold = 0.7, matches = TRUE, plot = TRUE)
check$output
check$dat;