Download citation count to include in bibliography

Question

I am using LaTeX and biblatex for my CV. I would like a little bit of magic to automatically fetch citation counts of my publications from Scopus and stick it into the references in my publication list. I think it is probably best to modify the BibTeX file before running LaTeX/Biber, but I am looking for suggestions. I apologize if this is off topic.

Although Scopus requires a subscription, from work, however, I can access the information I want without providing log in information.

From Scopus I can download citations that look like:

@ARTICLE{Richards2011883,
  note={cited By (since 1996) 0},
  url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052470808&partnerID=40&md5=adbc461770e11f0760e8cfe3c2ce6f93},
}

I would need to combine the citations from Scopus with the one in my bib file. Although I prefer using a different key format from the one Scopus uses, I would be willing to change. I would also need to scrap the citation count from the note field. Finally, I would need to find a way to automate the download process. The subscription aspect makes answering this one difficult.

Answer 1

Check out the bashful package; combined with wget and some script wizardry, you should be able to do it.