How to Cite BibexPy
If you use BibexPy in your research, please cite the SoftwareX paper:
Kara, B. C., Şahin, A., & Dirsehan, T. (2025). BibexPy: Harmonizing the bibliometric symphony of Scopus and Web of Science. SoftwareX, 30, 102098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2025.102098
BibTeX
@article{bibexpy2025,
title = {BibexPy: Harmonizing the bibliometric symphony of {Scopus} and {Web of Science}},
author = {Kara, Burak Can and {\c{S}}ahin, Alperen and Dirsehan, Ta{\c{s}}k{\i}n},
journal = {SoftwareX},
volume = {30},
pages = {102098},
year = {2025},
publisher = {Elsevier},
doi = {10.1016/j.softx.2025.102098}
}
Reporting your preparation
Beyond the citation, the Report step generates an audit-grounded methodology paragraph describing your exact merging/filtering/harmonization run — paste it into your data-preparation section for full transparency.
Version naming
| Version | Codename | Form |
| --- | --- | --- |
| v1.1.0 | Hydrogen | Command-line tool (the published paper) |
| v2.x | Helium | Self-hosted web platform (pip install bibexpy) |
When reproducibility matters, report the exact version you used
(python -m bibexpy --version), e.g. "BibexPy 2.0.2 (Helium)".
The authors
- Burak Can Kara, Ph.D. — Amasya University · ORCID 0000-0002-6933-0759
- Alperen Şahin, Ph.D. — Istanbul Esenyurt University · ORCID 0000-0001-9563-6543
- Taşkın Dirsehan, Ph.D. — Marmara University · ORCID 0000-0002-3599-0951
