A code to clean and extract a bib file based on keywords.

These are two scripts I use to generate clean bib files.

• clean_bibfile.py: Removes superfluous fields (which are not included in fields_to_keep.json) from a specified bib file and abbreviates the journal names, if applicable (see abbreviations.txt).

• extract_entries_with_tags.py: Extracts the entries with a specific tag from an original bib file and saves the cleaned entries in another bib file. When applicable, journal names are abbreviated (see abbreviations.txt).

Customization

The fields to keep are specified in fields_to_keep.json. Note that all fields are kept for entry types not specified in fields_to_keep.json.

The journal abbreviations are specified in abbreviations.txt. Note that journals for which no abbreviation is provided will trigger a warning message and the original journal name will be kept in the new bib file.