Import and Process Data from the 'Lattes' Curriculum Platform

Tool for import and process data from 'Lattes' curriculum platform (< http://lattes.cnpq.br/>). The Brazilian government keeps an extensive base of curricula for academics from all over the country, with over 5 million registrations. The academic life of the Brazilian researcher, or related to Brazilian universities, is documented in 'Lattes'. Some information that can be obtained: professional formation, research area, publications, academics advisories, projects, etc. 'getLattes' package allows work with 'Lattes' data exported to XML format.

getLattes

The getLattes R package, written by Roney Fraga Souza, Winicius Sabino and Luis Felipe de Souza Rodrigues, was built to extract data from the Lattes curriculum platform exported as XML.

To automate the download process, please see Captchas Negated by Python reQuests - CNPQ.

getLattesWeb

Non-programmers alternative, use the getLattesWeb graphical interface:

• link 1 https://roneyfraga.shinyapps.io/getlattesweb/
• link 2 http://roneyfraga.com/shiny/getLattesWeb/

Programmers

Installation

Stable version from CRAN.

install.packages('getLattes')
library(getLattes)

Development version from GitHub.

# install and load devtools from CRAN
# install.packages("devtools")
library(devtools)

# install and load getLattes
devtools::install_github("roneyfraga/getLattes")
library(getLattes)

Import XML file

The Lattes XML file can be compressed inside a .zip.

# find the file in system
zip_xml <- system.file('extdata/4984859173592703.zip', package = 'getLattes')

curriculo <- xml2::read_xml(zip_xml)

Extract data

# to extract data from one curriculum 
getDadosGerais(curriculo)
getArtigosAceitos(curriculo)
getArtigosPublicados(curriculo)
getAreasAtuacao(curriculo)
getArtigosPublicados(curriculo)
getAtuacoesProfissionais(curriculo)
getBancasDoutorado(curriculo)
getBancasGraduacao(curriculo)
getBancasMestrado(curriculo)
getCapitulosLivros(curriculo)
getDadosGerais(curriculo)
getEnderecoProfissional(curriculo)
getEventosCongressos(curriculo)
getFormacaoDoutorado(curriculo)
getFormacaoMestrado(curriculo)
getFormacaoGraduacao(curriculo)
getIdiomas(curriculo)
getLinhaPesquisa(curriculo)
getLivrosPublicados(curriculo)
getOrganizacaoEventos(curriculo)
getOrientacoesDoutorado(curriculo)
getOrientacoesMestrado(curriculo)
getOrientacoesPosDoutorado(curriculo)
getOutrasProducoesTecnicas(curriculo)
getParticipacaoProjeto(curriculo)
getProducaoTecnica(curriculo)
getProducaoTecnica(curriculo)
getTrabalhosEmEventos()
getId(curriculo)