# Literature — Curated Skills


> 80 recommended skills for finding, discovering, and managing academic literature.



## Discovery


| Skill | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| [citation-alert-guide](../../skills/literature/discovery/citation-alert-guide/) | Set up citation alerts and track new papers citing key references |
| [conference-proceedings-guide](../../skills/literature/discovery/conference-proceedings-guide/) | Find, access, and cite conference papers and proceedings effectively |
| [literature-mapping-guide](../../skills/literature/discovery/literature-mapping-guide/) | Visual literature mapping and connected papers exploration |
| [paper-recommendation-guide](../../skills/literature/discovery/paper-recommendation-guide/) | Systematic paper recommendation and discovery using multiple methods |
| [papers-we-love-guide](../../skills/literature/discovery/papers-we-love-guide/) | Community-curated directory of influential CS research papers |
| [rss-paper-feeds](../../skills/literature/discovery/rss-paper-feeds/) | Set up RSS feeds and alerts to track new publications in your research area |
| [semantic-paper-radar](../../skills/literature/discovery/semantic-paper-radar/) | Semantic literature discovery and synthesis using embeddings |
| [semantic-scholar-recs-guide](../../skills/literature/discovery/semantic-scholar-recs-guide/) | Paper discovery via recommendation APIs (OpenAlex, CrossRef citation networks) |
| [zotero-arxiv-daily-guide](../../skills/literature/discovery/zotero-arxiv-daily-guide/) | Guide to Zotero arXiv Daily for personalized daily paper recommendations |


## Fulltext


| Skill | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| [bioc-pmc-api](../../skills/literature/fulltext/bioc-pmc-api/) | Access PMC Open Access articles in BioC format for text mining |
| [core-api-guide](../../skills/literature/fulltext/core-api-guide/) | Search and retrieve open access research papers via CORE aggregator |
| [dataverse-api](../../skills/literature/fulltext/dataverse-api/) | Deposit and discover research datasets via Harvard Dataverse API |
| [doaj-api](../../skills/literature/fulltext/doaj-api/) | Search open access journals and articles in the DOAJ directory |
| [hal-archive-api](../../skills/literature/fulltext/hal-archive-api/) | Access French and European research via the HAL open archive API |
| [institutional-repository-guide](../../skills/literature/fulltext/institutional-repository-guide/) | Access papers from institutional and subject repositories at scale |
| [interlibrary-loan-guide](../../skills/literature/fulltext/interlibrary-loan-guide/) | Access papers through interlibrary loan and document delivery services |
| [open-access-guide](../../skills/literature/fulltext/open-access-guide/) | Navigate open access policies, repositories, and legal full-text retrieval me... |
| [open-access-mining-guide](../../skills/literature/fulltext/open-access-mining-guide/) | Mine open access full-text repositories for research data extraction |
| [osf-api](../../skills/literature/fulltext/osf-api/) | Manage open science projects and preprints via the OSF REST API |
| [pmc-ftp-bulk-download](../../skills/literature/fulltext/pmc-ftp-bulk-download/) | Bulk download PMC Open Access articles via FTP for large-scale mining |
| [pmc-oai-api](../../skills/literature/fulltext/pmc-oai-api/) | PubMed Central OAI-PMH metadata harvesting |
| [preprint-servers-guide](../../skills/literature/fulltext/preprint-servers-guide/) | Guide to preprint servers across scientific disciplines |
| [unpaywall-api](../../skills/literature/fulltext/unpaywall-api/) | Find free legal full-text versions of scholarly articles via Unpaywall |
| [zotero-ai-butler-guide](../../skills/literature/fulltext/zotero-ai-butler-guide/) | AI-powered paper summarization plugin for Zotero |


## Metadata


| Skill | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| [academic-paper-summarizer](../../skills/literature/metadata/academic-paper-summarizer/) | Summarize academic papers with structured extraction of key elements |
| [altmetrics-guide](../../skills/literature/metadata/altmetrics-guide/) | Guide to altmetrics and research impact beyond traditional citations |
| [bibliometrix-guide](../../skills/literature/metadata/bibliometrix-guide/) | Perform science mapping and bibliometric analysis with R bibliometrix |
| [citation-network-guide](../../skills/literature/metadata/citation-network-guide/) | Analyze citation networks, impact metrics, and bibliometric patterns |
| [crossref-api](../../skills/literature/metadata/crossref-api/) | Resolve DOIs and retrieve publication metadata from CrossRef registry |
| [crossref-event-data-api](../../skills/literature/metadata/crossref-event-data-api/) | Track scholarly mentions across the web via Crossref Event Data |
| [datacite-api](../../skills/literature/metadata/datacite-api/) | Resolve dataset DOIs and query research data metadata via DataCite |
| [doi-content-negotiation](../../skills/literature/metadata/doi-content-negotiation/) | Retrieve structured metadata from any DOI via HTTP content negotiation |
| [doi-resolution-guide](../../skills/literature/metadata/doi-resolution-guide/) | DOI content negotiation and metadata retrieval techniques |
| [h-index-guide](../../skills/literature/metadata/h-index-guide/) | Understanding and calculating research impact metrics |
| [journal-metrics-guide](../../skills/literature/metadata/journal-metrics-guide/) | Understand journal impact factors, h5-index, CiteScore, and SJR |
| [opencitations-api](../../skills/literature/metadata/opencitations-api/) | Query open citation data and reference networks via OpenCitations |
| [orcid-api](../../skills/literature/metadata/orcid-api/) | Look up researcher profiles and academic identities via the ORCID registry |
| [orcid-integration-guide](../../skills/literature/metadata/orcid-integration-guide/) | Set up and leverage ORCID for researcher identification and profiles |
| [orkg-api](../../skills/literature/metadata/orkg-api/) | Query the Open Research Knowledge Graph for structured research data |
| [plumx-metrics-api](../../skills/literature/metadata/plumx-metrics-api/) | Track research impact beyond citations via PlumX altmetrics API |
| [ror-organization-api](../../skills/literature/metadata/ror-organization-api/) | Identify and link research organizations via the ROR registry API |
| [sophosia-reference-guide](../../skills/literature/metadata/sophosia-reference-guide/) | Reference manager with PDF viewer and Markdown note support |
| [viaf-authority-api](../../skills/literature/metadata/viaf-authority-api/) | Disambiguate author identities via the VIAF authority file API |
| [wikidata-api-guide](../../skills/literature/metadata/wikidata-api-guide/) | Query Wikidata SPARQL for scholarly metadata, authors, and entities |
| [zoplicate-dedup-guide](../../skills/literature/metadata/zoplicate-dedup-guide/) | Detect and manage duplicate items in Zotero libraries |
| [zotero-actions-tags-guide](../../skills/literature/metadata/zotero-actions-tags-guide/) | Zotero workflow automation with custom actions and tags |
| [zotmoov-guide](../../skills/literature/metadata/zotmoov-guide/) | Zotero plugin for automatic attachment file organization |
| [zutilo-guide](../../skills/literature/metadata/zutilo-guide/) | Zotero utility plugin for keyboard shortcuts and batch editing |


## Search


| Skill | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| [arxiv-api](../../skills/literature/search/arxiv-api/) | Search and retrieve preprints from the arXiv open-access repository |
| [arxiv-batch-reporting](../../skills/literature/search/arxiv-batch-reporting/) | Batch search and report generation from arXiv preprint repository |
| [arxiv-cli-tools](../../skills/literature/search/arxiv-cli-tools/) | Command-line tools for searching and batch-downloading arXiv papers |
| [arxiv-paper-processor](../../skills/literature/search/arxiv-paper-processor/) | Process and analyze arXiv papers systematically for research workflows |
| [baidu-scholar-guide](../../skills/literature/search/baidu-scholar-guide/) | Using Baidu Scholar for Chinese and English academic literature search |
| [base-academic-search](../../skills/literature/search/base-academic-search/) | Search 400M+ open access documents via the BASE search engine API |
| [biorxiv-api](../../skills/literature/search/biorxiv-api/) | Preprint server API for biology and medicine papers |
| [boolean-search-guide](../../skills/literature/search/boolean-search-guide/) | Master Boolean operators and advanced search syntax for academic databases |
| [chatpaper-guide](../../skills/literature/search/chatpaper-guide/) | Use ChatPaper to summarize and search arXiv papers with LLM assistance |
| [citation-chaining-guide](../../skills/literature/search/citation-chaining-guide/) | Forward and backward citation chaining techniques for literature search |
| [citeseerx-api](../../skills/literature/search/citeseerx-api/) | Search computer science literature via the CiteSeerX digital library |
| [database-comparison-guide](../../skills/literature/search/database-comparison-guide/) | Compare major academic databases and when to use each for research |
| [deep-literature-search](../../skills/literature/search/deep-literature-search/) | Multi-source exhaustive literature search across academic databases |
| [eric-education-api](../../skills/literature/search/eric-education-api/) | Search 2M+ education research records via the ERIC database API |
| [europe-pmc-api](../../skills/literature/search/europe-pmc-api/) | Search biomedical and life sciences literature via Europe PMC |
| [findpapers-guide](../../skills/literature/search/findpapers-guide/) | Search multiple academic databases simultaneously with Findpapers |
| [google-scholar-guide](../../skills/literature/search/google-scholar-guide/) | Advanced Google Scholar search techniques for comprehensive literature discovery |
| [ieee-xplore-api](../../skills/literature/search/ieee-xplore-api/) | Search IEEE's 6M+ engineering and CS publications via the Xplore API |
| [lens-scholarly-api](../../skills/literature/search/lens-scholarly-api/) | Search 300M+ scholarly and patent records via the Lens.org API |
| [mesh-terms-guide](../../skills/literature/search/mesh-terms-guide/) | Navigate MeSH vocabulary for precise PubMed and MEDLINE searches |
| [open-library-api](../../skills/literature/search/open-library-api/) | Search and access book metadata via the Open Library API |
| [open-semantic-search-guide](../../skills/literature/search/open-semantic-search-guide/) | Self-hosted semantic search and text mining platform |
| [openaire-api](../../skills/literature/search/openaire-api/) | Search EU-funded research outputs via the OpenAIRE Graph API |
| [openalex-api](../../skills/literature/search/openalex-api/) | Query the OpenAlex catalog of scholarly works, authors, and institutions |
| [plos-open-access-api](../../skills/literature/search/plos-open-access-api/) | Search PLOS open access journals with full-text Solr-powered API |
| [pubmed-api](../../skills/literature/search/pubmed-api/) | Search biomedical literature and retrieve records via PubMed E-utilities |
| [scielo-api](../../skills/literature/search/scielo-api/) | Access Latin American and developing world research via SciELO API |
| [semantic-scholar-api](../../skills/literature/search/semantic-scholar-api/) | Search papers and analyze citation graphs via OpenAlex and CrossRef APIs |
| [share-research-api](../../skills/literature/search/share-research-api/) | Discover open access research outputs via the SHARE notification API |
| [systematic-search-strategy](../../skills/literature/search/systematic-search-strategy/) | Construct rigorous systematic search strategies for literature reviews |
| [worldcat-search-api](../../skills/literature/search/worldcat-search-api/) | Search the world's largest library catalog via OCLC WorldCat API |
