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Reference Manager Assistant

Knowledge Management Updated 2026.08.30

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About this skill

Problem It Solves

In academic writing, citation formatting is often the unglamorous blocker: author order, year, DOI, access dates, multi-author truncation, and Chinese/English sorting rules keep colliding with target journal requirements. Reference Manager Assistant is intended for formatting citation metadata that you already have, not for retrieving full texts or managing large libraries.

How It Works And Where To Stop

  • Core capabilities: extracts authors, year, title, journal, volume, pages, and other metadata from unstructured notes, then builds in-text citations and reference lists for APA 6/7, GB/T 7714-2015, MLA 9, Chicago, and Harvard.
  • Workflow: identifies source type and target format version, applies punctuation, italics, capitalization, and author-order rules, then checks missing fields and sorts the list.
  • Boundary: it does not download full texts, verify that a source exists, or replace tools such as Zotero or EndNote. Keep batches under 20 items and specify versions like “APA 7th edition.”

Missing values are marked as [DOI missing] or [publisher unknown] rather than invented. Before submission, review the result against the target journal’s Author Guidelines.

Use Cases

  • For thesis, format 10 Chinese journal notes into GB/T 7714.
  • For APA 7 draft 8 journal in-text cites and reference list.
  • Audit 6 citations for DOI, access date, and author order.
  • Turn vague notes into cites, flag missing publisher/year.

Best For

  • Graduate students drafting theses: unify Chinese journals, theses, and reports into GB/T 7714.
  • Undergraduates writing course papers: produce APA 7th in-text citations and References.
  • Researchers submitting conferences: check DOI, access dates, and author order for mixed sources.
  • Graduate research assistants: turn vague notes into citation entries with missing fields flagged.