Search Links at Journal of Vision
It is possible to create a link (URL) which will perform a search at Journal of Vision. These links may be useful on a web page, or in an email to a colleague, or even in a published paper. For example, here is a link that will find all the articles with the word "motion" in the title:
These search links can be created manually using the syntax below, or automatically using the Journal of Vision search form.
Link Syntax and Keys
Journal of Vision search URLs have a straightforward syntax. They consist of a base URL
followed by a sequence of key=value pairs separated by ampersands. The keys and possible values are as follows
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Key
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Value
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Default
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Example |
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Author
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strings
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author=barlow |
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Affiliation
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strings
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affiliation=oxford |
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Title
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strings
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title=attention |
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Body
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strings
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body=lcd |
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References
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strings
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references=helmholtz |
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Keywords
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strings
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keywords=motion |
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Match
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“all” or “any”
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“all”
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match=any |
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Content
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“articles”, “abstracts”, or “both”
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“articles”
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content=both |
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RecordsPerPage
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positive integer
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100
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recordsperpage=1000 |
| From |
a date |
5/1/2001 |
from=2003-1-1 |
| To |
a date |
today |
to=22-aug-2003 |
Neither the keys nor the values are case sensitive.
The Match key determines whether the content must match any or all of the criteria (except dates, which are always applied).
Date Fields
Note that the date fields default to include all the content in the journal. Many date formats are recognized, among them:
- 8-22-2003
- aug-2003-22
- 2003-8-22
- August-22-2003
- 22-aug-04 (expands to 2004)
Use of spaces and quotes
To search for a string that includes a space, you must enclose the string in quotation marks and use the following codes:
- Here is an example that searches for all papers with the string "spatial vision" in the keywords:
To search for multiple terms within a single criteria field, you must separate the values with a space (%20). Note that the space is equivalent to an implicit "OR."
- Here is an example that searches for keywords “color” or “binocular”
- Here is a more complex example that searches for the two word keyword “color vision” or the single keyword “animal”
More examples:
- Search for all articles or conference abstracts with the word “motor” in the title or keywords:
- Find out how many articles cite “hubel” (and of course you could replace “hubel” with your own name):
- Search for citations of an author with a particular first initial:
- Because any string can be used in the "references" field, you can search for a particular paper. For Journal of Vision papers this is particularly easy, since you can use a fragment of the URL or DOI:
- Assess participation by one university at recent vision conferences:
- Find articles that mention an LCD display:
Creating a link using the search form
On the search results page, you will note that the URL has populated the standard search fields, which allows you to refine your search. Also, note that when a search is performed, either by filling out the form or by constructing a URL, the resulting URL appears in the address bar of your browser. This can be copied, edited and re-used. Thus you can create a URL by filling in the search form, executing the search, and copying the resulting URL from the address bar.
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