BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Collecting BiBTeX data from pdf files

[M.A]

Hi everyone,

I have hundreds of research articles as pdf files, and it's tedious to collect their BiBTeX data from Google Scholar.

Does there exist a program that collect BiBTeX data automatically from a folder containing pdf files ?


Thanks,

[M.A]

Nobody came across such a program before?

[localghost]

Nobody came across such a program?

Obviously not. Think about which demands are to be fulfilled to make such a program working.

• Every PDF file must contain the information for the fields required by BibTeX for the entries in the database.
• This information must be translated to a corresponding database file.
• A citation key must be generated and added to the database entry.

From my point of view the first point is the most critical one. The others may be translated by a script.

Perhaps JabRef can serve this purpose.


Best regards
Thorsten

[M.A]

Thanks for the response!
Actually I have expected that it will be a difficult task, but I thought it might be possible since Google Scholar generates BiBTeX data automatically for each research article (which is a pdf file), so it must be following some algorithms.

Best Regards,
M.A

[localghost]

[...] Actually I have expected that it will be a difficult task, but I thought it might be possible since Google Scholar generates BiBTeX data automatically for each research article (which is a pdf file), so it must be following some algorithms. [...]

But it's not for sure that the information is collected from the files themselves.

[M.A]

I found this software:
http://www.mendeley.com
It does the required job, although it's not perfect.