Agent skill · research science · k-dense-ai
citation-management
Comprehensive citation management for academic research. Search OpenAlex, PubMed, and Google Scholar for papers, extract accurate metadata, validate citations, and generate properly formatted BibTeX entries. This skill should be used when you need to find papers, verify citation information, convert DOIs to BibTeX, or ensure reference accuracy in scientific writing.
Why this skill is useful
Adds scripts for searching multiple academic databases and extracting citation metadata that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires python3, requests, scholarly installed locally. Requires arxiv, crossref, datacite, ncbi, openalex account access. About 8k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-03. 32,849 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Citation Management Overview Manage citations systematically throughout the research and writing process. This skill provides tools and strategies for searching academic databases (Google Scholar, PubMed), extracting accurate metadata from multiple sources (CrossRef, PubMed, arXiv), validating citation information, and generating properly formatted BibTeX entries. Critical for maintaining citation accuracy, avoiding reference errors, and ensuring reproducible research. Integrates seamlessly with the literature-review skill for comprehensive research workflows. 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 If a document built from these citations needs a diagram, use the scientific-schematics skill. --- Core Workflow Citation management follows a systematic process. Each phase below shows the canonical command; every variant, option, and metadata-source detail is in references/coreworkflow.md. Phase 1: Paper Discovery and Search Find relevant papers. Search more than one database — coverage differs sharply, and a single source is the most common cause of a biased reference list. Prefer OpenAlex or PubMed as the primary source. Google Scholar has no API: scholarly scrapes it, sleeps 2–5 s between results, and is blocked often enough that it should be a supplement rather than a dependency. Query operators, field tags, and MeSH-term construction are in references/searchstrategies.md. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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