Article Metadata Field Guide
Open articles.csv in Excel or Google Sheets. One row = one article.
Add or delete rows as needed — the placeholder rows just pre-fill the volume/issue/year for you.
Column Descriptions
| Column | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|
volume |
1 |
Integer |
issue |
1 |
Integer |
year |
2024 |
4-digit year |
article_title |
A Study of X |
Full title as it appears in the PDF |
authors |
Jane Smith \| John Doe |
Separate multiple authors with ` | ` |
affiliations |
MIT \| Yale |
One per author, same order, separated by ` | ` |
abstract |
This paper examines... |
Full abstract text |
keywords |
machine learning, NLP |
Comma-separated list |
page_start |
1 |
First page of the article inside the issue PDF |
page_end |
12 |
Last page of the article inside the issue PDF |
doi |
10.XXXXX/ijscar.v1i1.001 |
Leave blank if not yet assigned |
notes |
open access |
Optional: invited paper, erratum, etc. |
Tips
- If an author has no listed affiliation, leave that position blank but keep the pipe separators so the count stays aligned with authors — e.g.
MIT | | Harvard. - Abstracts can contain commas freely; just make sure the cell stays as a single cell in your spreadsheet (don’t break it across columns).
- Page numbers refer to pages within the PDF file, not the printed page numbers on the paper if they differ.