Content Research Writer
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Assists in writing high-quality content by conducting research, adding citations, improving hooks, iterating on outlines, and providing real-time feedback on each section.
A skill your agent uses when converting a reference list to Science (AAAS) numbered style — italic numbers cited in order of appearance, a single continuous list that the Supplementary Materials…
Install Sci Citation
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sci-citation -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills sci-citation --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation .claude/skills/sci-citation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "sci-citation" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation into .claude/skills/sci-citation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sci-citation", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Science-Skills/skills/sci-citationType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sci-citation -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills sci-citation --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation .agents/skills/sci-citation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "sci-citation" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation into .agents/skills/sci-citation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sci-citation", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sci-citation -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills sci-citation --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation .cursor/skills/sci-citation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "sci-citation" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation into .cursor/skills/sci-citation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sci-citation", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git --path Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sci-citation -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills sci-citation --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation .gemini/skills/sci-citation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "sci-citation" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation into .gemini/skills/sci-citation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sci-citation", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills sci-citationInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sci-citation -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation .github/skills/sci-citation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "sci-citation" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation into .github/skills/sci-citation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sci-citation", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sci-citation -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills sci-citation --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation .opencode/skills/sci-citation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "sci-citation" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation into .opencode/skills/sci-citation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sci-citation", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
sci-citation- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.6k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 781 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when converting a reference list to Science (AAAS) numbered style — italic numbers cited in order of appearance, a single continuous list that the Supplementary Materials…
- Works in 4 steps: A. B. Chen, D. Okafor, Title of the… → R. Mehta, S. Lindqvist, L. Park, Title… → J. Ito, Title of the model paper. Phys.… → …
- Converting a reference list to Science (AAAS) numbered style — italic numbers cited in order of appearance
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Science citation mechanics, Reference formats (shape) and Common conversion fixes, plus 7 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Sci Citation is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when converting a reference list to Science (AAAS) numbered style — italic numbers cited in order of appearance, a single continuous list that the Supplementary Materials share, full author lists rather than "et al." in the bibliography, and abbreviated journal titles. Late-stage style pass for the flagship AAAS weekly.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Research & Science, covering Citation management. The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. ｜ 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Converting a reference list to Science (AAAS) numbered style — italic numbers cited in order of appearance
- A single continuous list that the Supplementary Materials share
- Full author lists rather than et al. in the bibliography
- Abbreviated journal titles
Example prompts
- “et al.”
- “/sci-citation”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- A. B. Chen, D. Okafor, Title of the first survey. Science 370, 112 (2020).
- R. Mehta, S. Lindqvist, L. Park, Title of the second survey. Nat. Commun. 11, 4471 (2020).
- J. Ito, Title of the model paper. Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 030601 (2020).
- K. Adeyemi, T. Roy, Title of the assay paper. Cell 180, 55 (2020).
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Sci Citation loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 85 tokens; SKILL.md has 781 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 781 words, ~1,627 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/sci-citation/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- sci-citation
- description
- Use when converting a reference list to Science (AAAS) numbered style — italic numbers cited in order of appearance, a single continuous list that the Supplementary Materials share, full author lists rather than "et al." in the bibliography, and abbreviated journal titles. Late-stage style pass for the flagship AAAS weekly.
Reference Style (sci-citation)
When to trigger
- References are in author–date (APA/Harvard) or Nature style and must become Science style.
- The reference list is not ordered by citation appearance.
- Author lists are truncated with "et al." in the bibliography.
- Notes and references are split when Science combines them.
Science citation mechanics
- Numbered, in order of appearance in the text, as italic numbers in parentheses: (1), (2, 3), (4–6).
- A single reference list numbered consecutively; in Science, main text and Supplementary Materials share one continuous numbering (the SM continues the count). Confirm against current guidelines, but design for one list.
- Notes and references are combined — explanatory notes get a number in the same list.
- The reference list gives full author lists (Science does not truncate to "et al." in the bibliography for typical author counts).
- Journal titles abbreviated (per standard abbreviations); include volume, page (or article number), year.
Reference formats (shape)
- Journal article:
A. B. Author, C. D. Author, E. F. Author, Title of the article. *Journal Abbrev.* **Volume**, page (year). - Book:
A. B. Author, *Book Title* (Publisher, ed., year), pp. xx–yy. - Chapter:
A. B. Author, in *Book Title*, C. Editor, Ed. (Publisher, year), pp. xx–yy. - Dataset/code: cite with repository, accession/DOI, and year (consistent with
sci-data). - Preprint: include the repository and DOI/identifier.
Initials precede surnames; titles are in sentence case; journal in italics; volume in bold. Use a reference manager style file for Science to enforce this mechanically.
Common conversion fixes
| From | To (Science) |
|---|---|
| "(Smith et al., 2021)" | "(12)" |
| "Smith, J. (2021)." | "J. Smith, …" |
| Truncated "et al." in biblio | full author list |
| Alphabetical reference list | ordered by first appearance |
| Separate "Notes" section | merged into the numbered list |
Tooling
- Use Zotero/EndNote with the Science CSL/style; do a final manual pass on abbreviations and author-list completeness (managers often truncate).
- Verify every in-text number resolves and the list has no gaps/duplicates after the SM merge.
Why the continuous-numbering rule bites at Science specifically
Most general journals keep main-text and supplement references separate. Science's heavy reliance on Supplementary Materials means the SM often carries the bulk of the citations, and the house convention threads them into one consecutively numbered list (the SM continues the count from the main text). A reference first cited in fig. S7's legend gets the next free number, not a parallel "S" series. This is the single most common style defect when a manuscript is ported from a Nature-style or author–date template, because those tools renumber the SM independently. Confirm the exact current convention against the author guidelines, but build the list as one stream.
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Worked micro-example (illustrative)
A Report cites three sources in its first paragraph, then introduces a fourth source only in the Supplementary Methods:
- Main text: "...prior surveys disagreed (1, 2), and the standard model predicts otherwise (3)."
- SM Methods: "We adapted the assay of (4)."
- Combined reference list (one stream, by appearance):
A. B. Chen, D. Okafor, Title of the first survey. *Science* **370**, 112 (2020).R. Mehta, S. Lindqvist, L. Park, Title of the second survey. *Nat. Commun.* **11**, 4471 (2020).J. Ito, Title of the model paper. *Phys. Rev. Lett.* **124**, 030601 (2020).K. Adeyemi, T. Roy, Title of the assay paper. *Cell* **180**, 55 (2020).
Note: initials precede surnames, titles are sentence case, journal abbreviated and italic, volume bold — and reference 4, though first invoked in the SM, takes the next integer, not "S1".
Conversion-failure patterns to catch
| Failure mode (what a copyeditor flags) | Science-specific fix |
|---|---|
| SM references restart at 1 or use an "S" prefix | Merge into the single stream; renumber by first appearance across main + SM. |
| Manager truncated authors to "et al." in the list | Restore the full author list; Science prints all authors for typical counts. |
| Explanatory footnotes sit in a separate "Notes" block | Fold each note into the numbered list as its own entry. |
| In-text markers rendered upright "(12)" not italic | Apply the italic-number-in-parentheses form (12). |
| List alphabetized by a default CSL | Re-sort strictly by order of first citation. |
Calibration anchors (confirm against current author guidelines)
- Numbering is by appearance, not alphabetical; markers are italic numbers in parentheses, e.g., (1), (2, 3), (4–6).
- One continuous list spanning main text and Supplementary Materials; notes and references are combined.
- Full author lists in the bibliography; journal titles abbreviated; volume bold; year in parentheses.
- After the SM merge, verify every in-text number resolves and the list has no gaps or duplicates.
Output format
【Style detected】 author-date / Nature / other → Science
【Numbering】 by appearance? single continuous list incl SM? yes/no
【Author lists】 full (not et al.) in biblio? yes/no
【Journal abbreviations】 applied? yes/no
【Unresolved/duplicate refs】 [...]
【Next】 sci-cover-letterAnti-patterns
- Do not leave author–date citations anywhere in a Science manuscript.
- Do not alphabetize the reference list — order is by appearance.
- Do not truncate author lists with "et al." in the bibliography.
- Do not keep separate main-text and SM reference numbering if guidelines call for one continuous list.
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Files
Just SKILL.md in Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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Questions about Sci Citation
What does Sci Citation do?
A skill your agent uses when converting a reference list to Science (AAAS) numbered style — italic numbers cited in order of appearance, a single continuous list that the Supplementary Materials…. Sci Citation is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills." in the bibliography, and abbreviated journal titles.
When should I use Sci Citation?
Sci Citation fits situations like: converting a reference list to Science (AAAS) numbered style — italic numbers cited in order of appearance; A single continuous list that the Supplementary Materials share; full author lists rather than et al. in the bibliography; abbreviated journal titles.
How do I install Sci Citation in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sci-citation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/sci-citation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Sci Citation in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sci-citation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Science-Skills/skills/sci-citation in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/sci-citation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Sci Citation in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sci-citation -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/sci-citation, .gemini/skills/sci-citation, .github/skills/sci-citation and .opencode/skills/sci-citation in your project.
What does Sci Citation need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Sci Citation is instructions for the agent only.
Does Sci Citation access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Sci Citation safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Sci Citation use?
Sci Citation is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Sci Citation use?
About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
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Who maintains Sci Citation?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,228 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.