Struct Paper 

pub struct Paper {

    pub paper_id: String,
    pub title: String,
    pub authors: String,
    pub abstract: String,
    pub doi: Option<String>,
    pub published_date: Option<String>,
    pub updated_date: Option<String>,
    pub pdf_url: Option<String>,
    pub url: String,
    pub source: SourceType,
    pub categories: Option<String>,
    pub keywords: Option<String>,
    pub citations: Option<u32>,
    pub references: Option<String>,
    pub extra: Option<HashMap<String, Value>>,
}

A research paper from any academic source

This struct provides a standardized format for papers across all sources, making it easy to work with papers from multiple repositories.

Fields

paper_id: String

Unique identifier (source-specific: DOI, PMID, arXiv ID, etc.)

title: String

Paper title

authors: String

Authors (semicolon-separated)

abstract: String

Abstract text

doi: Option<String>

Digital Object Identifier

published_date: Option<String>

Publication date (ISO format)

updated_date: Option<String>

Last updated date (ISO format)

pdf_url: Option<String>

Direct PDF URL

url: String

Paper page URL

source: SourceType

Source where the paper was found

categories: Option<String>

Categories/tags (semicolon-separated)

keywords: Option<String>

Keywords (semicolon-separated)

citations: Option<u32>

Citation count

references: Option<String>

Reference IDs (semicolon-separated)

extra: Option<HashMap<String, Value>>

Source-specific metadata (flexible JSON)

Implementations

impl Paper

pub fn new( paper_id: String, title: String, url: String, source: SourceType, ) -> Self

Create a new paper with required fields

pub fn primary_id(&self) -> &str

Returns the primary identifier for this paper (DOI if available, else paper_id)

pub fn author_list(&self) -> Vec<&str>

Returns the author names as a vector

pub fn category_list(&self) -> Vec<&str>

Returns the categories as a vector

pub fn keyword_list(&self) -> Vec<&str>

Returns the keywords as a vector

pub fn has_pdf(&self) -> bool

Check if paper has a downloadable PDF

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for Paper

fn clone(&self) -> Paper

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for Paper

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Paper

fn deserialize<__D>(__deserializer: __D) -> Result<Self, __D::Error>

where __D: Deserializer<'de>,

Deserialize this value from the given Serde deserializer.

impl Serialize for Paper

fn serialize<__S>(&self, __serializer: __S) -> Result<__S::Ok, __S::Error>

where __S: Serializer,

Serialize this value into the given Serde serializer.