A Quarto extension for embedding Google Scholar links in references

This extension can be used to link references to a corresponding Google Scholar query. This is helpful for those without library access to technical materials.

For example, with this Bibtex reference:

@article{hand2001idiot,
  title={Idiot's {Bayes} — not so stupid after all?},
  author={Hand, D and Yu, K},
  journal={International statistical review},
  volume={69},
  number={3},
  pages={385--398},
  year={2001}
}

Would embed this link in the title in the references:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Idiot%27s+Bayes+-+Not+so+Stupid+After+All%3F%22

See the example.qmd file.

Install the extension via:

quarto add topepo/scholar-link

In your quarto yml, add this filter:

filters:
  - scholar-link

The cases where no url is added are:

• book citations, since these are not usually contained in Google Scholar (but reviews of these works are, often with the same title)
• Any BibTeX entry that already contains \href{}.