Tool to batch convert DOI to citations?
I'm looking for an (online) tool to convert a long list of DOI's (1000+) into citation information. There are several tools that let you enter one DOI at a time, such as doi2bib or Crossref but those would take too much time. I found one batch converting tool from the NCBI, but unfortunately it only works for medical publications (which these aren't). I would be fine with any type of citation style (I can process it to my needs).
Any help would be appreciated!
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I haven't tested this (which would require registering with them and obtaining an ID), but CrossRef provides a web service that appears to do what you need. From the documentation:
Crossref query:
https://doi.crossref.org/servlet/query?pid=username:password&id=10.1006/jmbi.2000.4282
Like metadata queries, DOI query results are returned in XML format.
Once you have a username and password, you can construct a query URL for each DOI. You'll then need to invoke that URL. If I were doing this once I'd probably generate a shell script to call curl once per DOI and run it from the command line; if I expected to do this on a regular basis I might (coax somebody to) write a nicer client interface.
Note that that API is going to return XML; I presume it's the same XML that you get through the one-DOI-at-a-time web interface that you linked.
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