citation-management
Manage citations systematically throughout the research and writing process.
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Citation Management
Detailed Guide
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When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when:
- Searching for specific papers on Google Scholar or PubMed
- Converting DOIs, PMIDs, or arXiv IDs to properly formatted BibTeX
- Extracting complete metadata for citations (authors, title, journal, year, etc.)
- Validating existing citations for accuracy
- Cleaning and formatting BibTeX files
- Finding highly cited papers in a specific field
- Verifying that citation information matches the actual publication
- Building a bibliography for a manuscript or thesis
- Checking for duplicate citations
- Ensuring consistent citation formatting
Example Workflows
Example 1: Building a Bibliography for a Paper
# Step 1: Find key papers on your topic
python scripts/search_google_scholar.py "transformer neural networks" \
--year-start 2017 \
--limit 50 \
--output transformers_gs.json
python scripts/search_pubmed.py "deep learning medical imaging" \
--date-start 2020 \
--limit 50 \
--output medical_dl_pm.json
# Step 2: Extract metadata from search results
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Details
| Source | community |
|---|---|
| License | MIT License |
| Risk label | critical ("critical" means the skill may run commands or touch files — read before use) |
| Files | SKILL.md, references/detailed-guide.md |
| Added | 2026-09-04 |
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