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Emerging Topic Scout

by @aipoch-ai

Monitor bioRxiv/medRxiv preprints and academic discussions to identify emerging research hotspots before they appear in mainstream journals

Versionv0.1.0
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πŸ’‘ Examples

Example 1: Quick Daily Scan (arXiv - Recommended)

python scripts/main.py --sources arxiv --days 1 --output markdown

Example 2: Daily Scan with bioRxiv (May not work)

python scripts/main.py --sources biorxiv --days 1 --output markdown

Note: May return 0 results due to Cloudflare protection
Example 2: Weekly Deep Analysis
bash python scripts/main.py \ --days 7 \ --min-score 0.7 \ --max-topics 50 \ --output json \ > weekly_report.json 


Example 3: Track Specific Research Area
bash python scripts/main.py \ --keywords "Alzheimer,neurodegeneration,amyloid" \ --days 30 \ --min-score 0.5 ```

βš™οΈ Configuration

# Python dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

πŸ“‹ Tips & Best Practices

Rate Limiting

If you encounter rate limits, increase the --delay parameter (default: 1s between requests).

Missing Papers (0 results from bioRxiv/medRxiv)

This is expected due to Cloudflare protection. Use --sources arxiv instead.

RSS Feed Access Denied

Some institutional firewalls may block preprint servers. Ensure you can access:
  • βœ… https://export.arxiv.org/rss/q-bio (should work)
  • ❌ https://www.biorxiv.org/rss/recent.rss (Cloudflare blocked)

    • Low Trending Scores

    For niche topics, lower --min-score threshold or increase --days for more data.

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    TERMINAL
    clawhub install emerging-topic-scout

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