bibtex-utils

Tools for BibTeX manipulation at the MINi Lab (Université de Sherbrooke).

Features

Command	Description
bu-ieee-case	Apply IEEE title-case formatting to all entries in a .bib file. Keeps neuroimaging acronyms (MRI, DTI, …) fully capitalised.
bu-get-bib-from-doi	Fetch BibTeX entries from one or more DOIs via content negotiation.
bu-harmonize-tag-zenodo	Rewrite citation keys to a uniform authorYEARtitle pattern.
bu-merge-bib	Merge multiple .bib files into one, removing duplicate entries.

Installation

# Editable (development) install
pip install -e .

# With development tools (ruff, pytest)
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Usage

# Apply IEEE title case
bu-ieee-case input.bib output.bib

# Fetch BibTeX from DOIs
bu-get-bib-from-doi 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.01.001 output.bib

# Harmonize citation keys
bu-harmonize-tag-zenodo input.bib output.bib

# Merge multiple bib files
bu-merge-bib file1.bib file2.bib merged.bib

All commands support -f to overwrite existing output files.

Acronyms

The IEEE case formatter loads a curated dictionary of 270+ neuroimaging acronyms from bibtex_utils/bib_data/acronyms.json. Contributions to this list are welcome via pull request.

License

BSD-2-Clause — Copyright © 2022 minilabus.