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This skill helps you perform comprehensive academic literature searches across multiple sources, retrieve BibTeX citations, and analyze citation networks.

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---
name: academic-research
description: Search academic papers across arXiv, PubMed, Semantic Scholar, bioRxiv, medRxiv, Google Scholar, and more. Get BibTeX citations, download PDFs, analyze citation networks. Use for literature reviews, finding papers, and academic research.
version: 1.0.0
---


# Academic Research Papers

Search and retrieve academic papers via multiple MCP servers.

## Available Servers

### paper-search
Multi-source paper search covering:
- arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv
- Google Scholar, IACR, Semantic Scholar
- BibTeX export support

### semantic-scholar  
Full Semantic Scholar API access:
- Citation network analysis
- Author search
- Paper recommendations
- BibTeX, APA, MLA, Chicago formats

### arxiv
arXiv-specific search:
- Advanced search filters
- Citation analysis
- BibTeX, JSON, CSV, Markdown export

## When to Use

- Literature reviews
- Finding related papers
- Getting BibTeX citations
- Checking who cited a paper
- Finding papers by author
- Searching for specific topics

## Example Usage

### Search for Papers
```
paper_search(query="transformer attention mechanism", sources=["arxiv", "semantic_scholar"])
```

### Get Citations
```
semantic_scholar_citations(paper_id="...")
```

### arXiv Specific
```
arxiv_search(query="quantum computing", max_results=10)
```

## Other Available Servers (Not Installed)

From your `/Users/alice/worlds/l/mcp_servers.json`:
- `research-hub-mcp` - 11 sources + Unpaywall PDF access
- `zotero-mcp` - Connect to Zotero library
- `openalex-mcp` - 250M+ works database
- `crossref-mcp` - DOI metadata

Add more with:
```json
"server-name": {
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "server-package-name"]
}
```



## Scientific Skill Interleaving

This skill connects to the K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills ecosystem:

### Graph Theory
- **networkx** [○] via bicomodule
  - Universal graph hub

### Bibliography References

- `algorithms`: 19 citations in bib.duckdb



## SDF Interleaving

This skill connects to **Software Design for Flexibility** (Hanson & Sussman, 2021):

### Primary Chapter: 6. Layering

**Concepts**: layered data, metadata, provenance, units

### GF(3) Balanced Triad

```
academic-research (−) + SDF.Ch6 (+) + [balancer] (○) = 0
```

**Skill Trit**: -1 (MINUS - verification)

### Secondary Chapters

- Ch10: Adventure Game Example

### Connection Pattern

Layering adds metadata. This skill tracks provenance or annotations.
## Cat# Integration

This skill maps to **Cat# = Comod(P)** as a bicomodule in the equipment structure:

```
Trit: 0 (ERGODIC)
Home: Prof
Poly Op: ⊗
Kan Role: Adj
Color: #26D826
```

### GF(3) Naturality

The skill participates in triads satisfying:
```
(-1) + (0) + (+1) ≡ 0 (mod 3)
```

This ensures compositional coherence in the Cat# equipment structure.

Overview

This skill searches and retrieves academic papers across multiple sources like arXiv, PubMed, Semantic Scholar, bioRxiv, medRxiv and Google Scholar. It provides downloadable PDFs, BibTeX and other citation formats, and tools to analyze citation networks. Use it to streamline literature discovery, citation export, and citation-network exploration for research projects.

How this skill works

The skill queries configured paper-search servers and specialized APIs (Semantic Scholar, arXiv) to aggregate results, metadata, and available PDFs. It can export citations in BibTeX, APA, MLA, Chicago or machine-readable formats (JSON, CSV). Citation-network features fetch citing and cited papers and build graphs for basic network analysis and visualization.

When to use it

Conducting systematic or narrative literature reviews
Finding PDFs and full-texts across preprint and journal sources
Exporting clean BibTeX or citation formats for reference managers
Tracing who cited a paper or exploring citation neighborhoods
Searching for papers by keywords, author, DOI, or arXiv ID

Best practices

Start with broad queries then filter by date, source, or author to narrow results
Prefer Semantic Scholar for citation networks and arXiv for preprints and advanced filtering
Verify PDFs and provenance for paywalled content; use Unpaywall or institutional access when available
Export citation formats into your reference manager and check fields before submission
Combine search results from multiple sources to reduce missing relevant work

Example use cases

Run paper_search(query="transformer attention mechanism", sources=["arxiv","semantic_scholar"]) to collect recent preprints and highly cited papers
Use semantic_scholar_citations(paper_id="...") to build a citation graph and identify influential authors
Execute arxiv_search(query="quantum computing", max_results=10) to gather arXiv preprints with BibTeX exports
Download PDFs for a curated reading list and export BibTeX entries for LaTeX bibliography
Locate papers by a specific author to prepare an author-focused literature section

FAQ

Can I get BibTeX for every paper?

Most sources provide BibTeX or metadata that can be converted; availability depends on the source and record completeness.

Does it retrieve PDFs behind paywalls?

It can locate PDFs when freely available (preprints, open access). For paywalled content, use institutional access or Unpaywall-enabled servers to find legal open copies.