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Welcome to IRenE Webapp Documentation

IRenE (Information Retrieval and Extraction) is a Flask web application designed to assist researchers in retrieving and exploring academic literature using the Scopus API.

Features

  • Upload Seed Documents: Upload PDFs to extract initial keywords.
  • Refine Keywords: Adjust and weight keywords for more precise sampling.
  • Iterative Sampling: Perform iterative sampling using the Scopus API.
  • View Results: Browse and download a ranked list of relevant papers.

Getting Started

To begin using the IRenE Webapp, follow these steps:

  1. Upload Seed Corpus: Provide your seed PDF documents.
  2. Upload Scopus API Key: Authenticate with the Scopus API.
  3. Extract Keywords: Generate initial keywords from your documents.
  4. Refine Keywords: Adjust the keywords based on your research needs.
  5. Start Sampling: Begin the iterative sampling process to retrieve relevant papers.

API Documentation

Detailed API documentation is available below.