Academic Citation Management

Problem Solved

Reference errors in research writing are rarely missing papers; they are broken DOIs, wrong author names, missing pages, duplicate entries, and inconsistent BibTeX citation keys. Copying metadata from web pages or entering citations manually can silently propagate unreliable records into a manuscript.

How It Works

citation-management structures citation work into search, extraction, formatting, and validation:
- Search: query Google Scholar and PubMed using operators such as intitle:, author:, MeSH terms, and boolean logic to locate relevant papers.
- Extract: resolve DOI, PMID, arXiv ID, or URL through sources such as CrossRef, PubMed E-utilities, and arXiv API, then fill author, title, journal, year, and other fields.
- Format: clean BibTeX entries, normalize citation keys, field order, title-case protection, and page ranges such as --.
- Validate: check DOI resolution, required fields, data consistency, duplicate citations, and LaTeX compatibility issues.

Boundaries and Caveats

This skill fits reference engineering for papers, reports, and LaTeX manuscripts, but it does not replace the analytical judgment required for a literature review. If a preprint has a published version, prefer the published record; and if the workflow only searches for papers without metadata verification, unreliable citations can still slip through.