Is rcrossref safe to use?

rcrossref has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.2.1). DepScope rates its health at 40/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of rcrossref?

The latest version of rcrossref is 1.2.1, released 2025-08-20.

Does rcrossref have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of rcrossref.

Is rcrossref deprecated?

No, rcrossref is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.2.1 (2025-08-20).

What are alternatives to rcrossref?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for rcrossref at this time.

What license does rcrossref use?

rcrossref is licensed under MIT + file LICENSE.

rcrossref

cranv1.2.1

Client for Various 'CrossRef' 'APIs'. Client for various 'CrossRef' 'APIs', including 'metadata' search with their old and newer search 'APIs', get 'citations' in various formats (including 'bibtex', 'citeproc-json', 'rdf-xml', etc.), convert 'DOIs' to 'PMIDs', and 'vice versa', get citations for 'DOIs', and get links to full text of ar

License MIT + file LICENSE0 versions1 maintainers15 deps895 weekly dl

ropensci/rcrossref

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 40/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

3/20

popularity

25/25

security

0/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (15)

methods utils jsonlite crul xml2 plyr dplyr tibble R6 shiny miniUI stringr DT stats rlang

API access

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First published · 2025-08-20 05:52:05

Last updated · 2025-08-20T04:00:34+00:00