refparser is a Python 3 library for parsing academic references in RIS or MEDLINE formats.
from refparser.parsers import RISRecord
raw_record = """
TY - JOUR
ID - 123456
A1 - Cushing, Harvey
ER -
"""
record = RISRecord(raw_record)
record.title
record.authors
record.journal_names
record.issn
record.volume
record.issue
record.pages
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