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Forked from 'geissler/converter'. 1.3.2(2y ago)212.0k—0%1[1 issues](https://github.com/researchgate/converter/issues)MITPHPPHP ^7.4 | ^8.0 | ^8.1 | ^8.2CI passing Since Feb 27Pushed 1y agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/researchgate/converter)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/researchgate/converter)[ Docs](https://github.com/researchgate/converter)[ RSS](/packages/researchgate-converter/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (7)Dependencies (6)Versions (9)Used By (0) Converter --------- [](#converter) [![ci](https://github.com/researchgate/converter/actions/workflows/ci.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/researchgate/converter/actions/workflows/ci.yaml) **Forked from [geissler/converter](https://github.com/geissler/converter).** Thank you for your amazing contributions 🙏. A small library to convert the input data for different literature standards like BibTeX, CSL etc. into each other. Supported formats: - [BibTeX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BibTeX "BibTeX") - [CSL](http://citationstyles.org/ "CSL") - [RIS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIS_(file_format) "RIS") - [AMA](https://web.archive.org/web/20200207081150/https://www.bcit.ca/files/library/pdf/bcit-ama_citation_guide.pdf "AMA") - [ACS](https://web.archive.org/web/20170527202056/https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/bk-2006-STYG.ch014 "ACS") Installation ------------ [](#installation) ### Via [composer](http://getcomposer.org/ "composer") [](#via-composer) Just require the `researchgate/converter` package as below: ``` $ composer require researchgate/converter ``` ### Other [](#other) Make sure you are using a [PSR-4](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/) compatible autoloader. Usage ----- [](#usage) To convert from one standard to an other: ``` // include the composer autoloader require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php'; use Geissler\Converter\Converter; use Geissler\Converter\Standard\RIS\RIS; use Geissler\Converter\Standard\BibTeX\BibTeX; use Geissler\Converter\Standard\CSL\CSL; $converter = new Converter(); // your input RIS data $data = 'TY - JOUR TI - Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie AU - Einstein, Albert PY - 1916 SP - 769 EP - 822 JO - Annalen der Physik VL - 49 ER - '; // convert to bibTeX $bibTeX = $converter->convert(new RIS($data), new BibTeX()); /** * $bibTeX has know the following value: * * @article{article, * author = {Einstein, Albert}, * year = {1916}, * pages = {769-822}, * title = {Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie}, * volume = {49} * } */ // or convert bibTeX to csl $csl = $converter->convert(new BibTeX($bibTeX), new CSL()); /** * $csl has know the following value (a UTF-8 encoded json string): * * [ * { * "type":"article", * "author":[{ * "family":"Einstein", * "given":"Albert" * }], * "issued":[{ * "year":"1916" * }], * "page":"769-822", * "page-first":"769", * "citation-label":"article", * "title":"Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativit\u00e4tstheorie" * } * ] */ ``` Adding a standard ----------------- [](#adding-a-standard) To implement a new standard is quite simple: 1. Create a copy of the folder **src/Geissler/Converter/Standard/Template** 2. Change the name to the new standard. 3. Rename also the **Template.php** file to the name of the standard 4. Replace every occurence of **Template** in the files **Creator.php**, **Parser.php** and **Template.php** with the name of the new standard. 5. Implement the methods **create** and **retrieve** in **Creator.php** 6. Implement the methods **parse** and **retrieve** in **Parser.php** 7. Don't forget to write your PHPUnit tests and follow the [PSR-12](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-12/) coding standard ### Health Score 39 — LowBetter than 86% of packages Maintenance24 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity27 Limited adoption so far Community16 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity74 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~224 days Recently: every ~198 days Total 7 Last Release 925d ago PHP version history (4 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0 1.1.0PHP >=7.3.0 1.2.0PHP ^7.4 | ^8.0 | ^8.1 1.3.0PHP ^7.4 | ^8.0 | ^8.1 | ^8.2 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3339a5bc868a2844d31d1f9941062702bb1f6e0324964e8bc5154200bc59af3e?d=identicon)[mdio](/maintainers/mdio) ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/bc721d458daef6acfa87d9a3106f9c615e2aae77348d644af4270693e8c23dad?d=identicon)[grid\_rg](/maintainers/grid_rg) --- Top Contributors [![nawarian](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3905582?v=4)](https://github.com/nawarian "nawarian (22 commits)")[![geissler](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/535572?v=4)](https://github.com/geissler "geissler (10 commits)")[![mdio](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8616698?v=4)](https://github.com/mdio "mdio (8 commits)")[![edorian](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/247397?v=4)](https://github.com/edorian "edorian (5 commits)")[![edlerd](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1155472?v=4)](https://github.com/edlerd "edlerd (3 commits)")[![olexiyk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1378579?v=4)](https://github.com/olexiyk "olexiyk (3 commits)")[![rg-scheb](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/249925692?v=4)](https://github.com/rg-scheb "rg-scheb (2 commits)")[![stefanhoth](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45467?v=4)](https://github.com/stefanhoth "stefanhoth (1 commits)")[![BlueM](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1493457?v=4)](https://github.com/BlueM "BlueM (1 commits)") --- Tags BibliographybibtexRIScslendnote ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPHPStan, Psalm Code StylePHP CS Fixer Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/researchgate-converter/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/researchgate-converter/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/researchgate-converter) ``` ### Alternatives [masterminds/html5 An HTML5 parser and serializer. 1.8k242.8M229](/packages/masterminds-html5)[sabberworm/php-css-parser Parser for CSS Files written in PHP 1.8k191.2M65](/packages/sabberworm-php-css-parser)[jms/metadata Class/method/property metadata management in PHP 1.8k152.8M88](/packages/jms-metadata)[jms/serializer-bundle Allows you to easily serialize, and deserialize data of any complexity 1.8k89.3M627](/packages/jms-serializer-bundle)[meyfa/php-svg Read, edit, write, and render SVG files with PHP 54613.9M42](/packages/meyfa-php-svg)[renanbr/bibtex-parser BibTex Parser provides an API to read .bib files programmatically 39381.9k11](/packages/renanbr-bibtex-parser) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)