Export Formats Reference
Every export option in BibexPy is labeled with the downstream tools it targets. This page is the full compatibility matrix.
Reference / bibliometric formats
| Format | Extension | Best for | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| WoS plain text | .txt | VOSviewer, Biblioshiny, CiteSpace | ISI tagged format (FN/PT/…/ER); the most interoperable choice |
| VOSviewer TSV | .txt | VOSviewer corpus import | Tab-separated with VOSviewer's expected headers |
| BibTeX | .bib | LaTeX, JabRef, Zotero, Mendeley | Cited references included where available |
| RIS | .ris | EndNote, Zotero, most managers | Standard RIS tags |
Tabular / generic formats
| Format | Extension | Best for | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excel | .xlsx | Manual review, pivot tables | One row per record, all fields as columns |
| CSV | .csv | R, Python (pandas), Gephi | UTF-8, comma-separated |
| TSV | .tsv | Tools that dislike comma quoting | UTF-8, tab-separated |
Field coverage
Exports carry the harmonized values: disambiguated author names, rolled-up organizations, standardized countries, enriched DOIs/abstracts/categories. Field tags follow WoS conventions (AU, TI, SO, PY, DE, ID, C1, CR, TC, DI, …) with Scopus values mapped onto them during the merge.
Choosing a format
- VOSviewer co-authorship / co-citation → WoS plain text (CR preserved).
- Biblioshiny → WoS plain text.
- CiteSpace → WoS plain text ("download_*.txt" naming works).
- Reference manager import → RIS (broadest) or BibTeX (LaTeX users).
- Custom scripts / statistics → CSV or TSV.
Filtered exports
Apply your corpus filter first — the export honors the active selection, keeping reported N and analyzed N identical.