Science Citation

Science Citation

Use this skill to turn manuscript claims into defensible citation candidates. It is a search and verification workflow, not a license to invent support.

Chinese request patterns such as "find citations", "add supporting references", and "Science-series references" should be treated as citation-support tasks.

Default scope

Default journals:

• Science
• Science Advances
• Science Immunology
• Science Robotics
• Science Signaling
• Science Translational Medicine

Keep the default retrieval scope focused on Science-family journals. If the user explicitly asks for a wider literature search, use general academic-search tools and label the broader scope separately from this Science-family citation workflow.

Open extra files

| File | Open when | |---|---| | [references/journal-scope.md](references/journal-scope.md) | Need exact journal-family boundaries or scope labels | | [references/search-strategy.md](references/search-strategy.md) | Need to convert claims into search queries and support grades | | [references/ris-endnote.md](references/ris-endnote.md) | Need RIS/EndNote export rules | | [scripts/sciencecitation.py](scripts/sciencecitation.py) | Need a quick candidate search/export using OpenAlex and Crossref |

Workflow

1. Split the user's text into citable claims.
2. For each claim, identify:

topic, mechanism, system, evidence type, date window, and journal scope.

1. Search authoritative sources in this order:

• publisher page or DOI metadata for known references
• Crossref / OpenAlex for broad DOI discovery
• PubMed for biomedical claims
• Semantic Scholar or Google Scholar only as secondary discovery

1. Filter by journal scope, year, article type, title relevance, and DOI reliability.
2. Assign support grade:

• direct: the paper directly supports the claim
• partial: same topic but narrower, broader, or different system
• background: useful context but not enough for the claim
• reject: not suitable

1. Return a claim-reference map with DOI links and uncertainty notes.
2. Export RIS/EndNote if requested.

Script quick start

When internet access is available:

python scripts/science_citation.py --claim "perovskite solar cells ligand charge extraction stability" --rows 8 --out science_refs.ris

The script queries OpenAlex for natural-language recall and Crossref for DOI metadata fallback. It is a candidate finder. Always read titles/abstracts or source pages before declaring that a reference directly supports a manuscript claim.

Output format

Claim-reference map
| Claim | Candidate reference | Journal | Year | DOI | Support grade | Note |

Export
- [path if created, otherwise "Not requested"]

Search caveats
- [rate limits, inaccessible pages, weak support, or "None"]

For Chinese users, write the final map in Chinese unless the citation strings or manuscript text need English.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: shikaijieskj
• Source: shikaijieskj/science-skills
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.