citation-management
Manage academic citations and bibliographies
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This skill helps researchers find papers, extract metadata, and generate properly formatted BibTeX entries. It validates existing citations and ensures reference accuracy for scientific writing and publication.
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Using "citation-management". Convert 10.1038/nature12345 to BibTeX
Expected outcome:
- @article{Author2024keyword,
- author = {Lastname, Firstname},
- title = {Paper Title Here},
- journal = {Nature},
- year = {2024},
- volume = {615},
- pages = {123--145},
- doi = {10.1038/nature12345}
- }
Using "citation-management". Search for papers on machine learning protein folding
Expected outcome:
- Found 50 results from PubMed:
- - Author2023, 'Deep Learning for Protein Structure Prediction', Nature Methods
- - Author2022, 'AlphaFold2 Performance Analysis', Science
- - Author2024, 'Machine Learning in Structural Biology', Cell
- Extracted metadata and generated BibTeX entries saved to ml_proteins.bib
Security Audit
Low RiskLegitimate academic citation management tool. Static analysis produced 1131 false positives by misinterpreting markdown code blocks as shell commands, list comprehensions as obfuscation, and documentation as network reconnaissance. Actual Python scripts make authorized API calls to public academic databases (CrossRef, PubMed, arXiv) for metadata retrieval.
Risk Factors
🌐 Network access (3)
📁 Filesystem access (2)
🔑 Env variables (2)
Quality Score
What You Can Build
Build bibliography for manuscript
Search databases, extract metadata, and generate citation-ready BibTeX entries for thesis or paper.
Literature review citation tracking
Find and organize citations for literature review while maintaining consistent formatting.
Validate existing references
Check BibTeX files for errors, broken DOIs, and duplicate entries before manuscript submission.
Try These Prompts
Convert this DOI to a properly formatted BibTeX entry: 10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2
Search PubMed for recent papers on CRISPR gene editing published since 2020. Extract metadata and generate BibTeX entries.
Validate my BibTeX file at references.bib. Check for missing fields, broken DOIs, and duplicates. Report any issues found.
Extract metadata from this list of DOIs and PMIDs and save them to a formatted BibTeX file.
Best Practices
- Always verify extracted metadata against the original publication for accuracy
- Use DOIs as primary identifiers for most reliable metadata retrieval
- Validate complete bibliography before manuscript submission
- Set appropriate rate limits when batch processing to avoid API throttling
Avoid
- Manually typing BibTeX entries instead of using automated extraction
- Ignoring validation warnings about missing required fields
- Using inconsistent citation key naming conventions across files
- Submitting manuscripts without running final citation validation