url-citation-search
Find Academic Citations for Any URL
Standard citation indexes miss web pages like blogs and docs. This skill finds academic papers that cite any URL by searching across multiple sources and verifying each citation.
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Using "url-citation-search". Find papers that cite https://example.com/research/overview
Expected outcome:
Confirmed Citations:
1. Neural Methods for Text Classification (2023) - arXiv:2301.12345
Type: Preprint
Evidence: URL found in PDF reference section
Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.12345
2. Deep Learning Approaches in NLP (2024) - DOI:10.1234/example
Type: Published paper
Evidence: URL in HTML bibliography metadata
Link: https://doi.org/10.1234/example
Using "url-citation-search". Get BibTeX for citing papers
Expected outcome:
@article{smith2023neural,
author = {Smith, J. and Doe, A.},
title = {Neural Methods for Text Classification},
year = {2023},
eprint = {2301.12345},
archivePrefix = {arXiv}
}
@article{jones2024deep,
author = {Jones, B.},
title = {Deep Learning Approaches in NLP},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1234/example}
}
Security Audit
SafeSecurity analysis confirmed no security risks. The static scanner flagged 25 instances of 'Ruby/shell backtick execution' and 2 instances of 'weak cryptographic algorithm' - both were false positives. The backtick detections are markdown code block delimiters (```), not code execution. The cryptographic flag was an incorrect pattern match on the word 'MIT' in the license field. The skill is a research documentation guide that provides instructions for searching academic citations via web searches. No executable code, network exfiltration, or malicious patterns were found.
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What You Can Build
Track Research Impact
Researchers can discover which academic papers cite their blog posts, documentation, or open-source project pages to understand broader influence beyond traditional citation indexes.
Literature Review
Graduate students and researchers can find relevant papers that build upon specific tools, frameworks, or methodologies documented online, complementing traditional keyword searches.
Verify Academic Influence
Authors can confirm when their online content or preprints have been cited in formal publications, useful for tenure dossiers and grant applications.
Try These Prompts
I want to find academic papers that cite this URL: [URL]. Please search for confirmed citations and provide a citation report with DOI or arXiv links.
Find all papers that cite https://example.com/blog/post and return the BibTeX entries for each citing paper.
My project documentation at [URL] has been cited by academic papers. Find the confirmed citations, distinguish direct from mirror citations, and list them with evidence notes.
Search for papers that cite this URL: [URL]. Check arXiv, IEEE, Springer, and ACM. Verify each citation by inspecting the PDF or HTML reference list. Return only confirmed citations with their evidence.
Best Practices
- Always verify citations against the actual PDF or HTML reference list rather than relying on search snippets alone
- Check canonical URL redirects and mirrored URLs to capture all possible citations of the same content
- Distinguish between direct citations and mirror citations in the final report to avoid duplicate entries
Avoid
- Do not count papers that merely discuss similar topics as citations - require visible reference to the URL or page title
- Do not trust publisher landing page snippets alone for verification - inspect the actual bibliography
- Do not assume published versions preserve web citations seen in preprints - verify each version separately