This handles the tedious parts of academic citation work: searching Google Scholar and PubMed, converting DOIs and PMIDs to BibTeX, and extracting metadata from CrossRef, PubMed, and arXiv APIs. You get scripts for batch processing identifiers, validating existing citations, and cleaning up bibliography files. It's built for researchers who need accurate references without manually formatting entries or hunting down metadata. The workflow goes from search to validated BibTeX in a few commands. Pairs well with literature review work when you're building a bibliography for a paper or thesis and need to ensure every citation is correct and properly formatted.

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$ npx -y skills add k-dense-ai/scientific-agent-skills --skill citation-management --agent claude-code

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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

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Repository
github.com/k-dense-ai/scientific-agent-skills
Categories
Documentation, AI & Agent Building, Data Science & ML
First seen
Jun 3, 2026

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