Back to skills
SKILL.md
Manage Bibliography
ASecurityCreate, merge, and deduplicate BibTeX bibliography files using R packages (RefManageR, bibtex). Parse .bib files into structured R objects, merge multiple bibliographies with deduplication by DOI or title similarity, generate entries from DOI/ISBN/arXiv ID, and export clean sorted .bib files. Use when creating a new .bib file for an R Markdown or Quarto project, merging bibliographies from multiple collaborators, deduplicating a .bib that has grown through copy-paste accumulation, or generati...
- 31 stars
- 0 votes
- 0 copies
- 1 view
- Added September 3, 2026
Works with
Security analysis
100/100npx -y skills add pjt222/agent-almanac --skill manage-bibliography --agent claude-codeAre you the author of Manage Bibliography?
Add the live security badge to your README. It updates with every re-scan.
[](https://www.skillsdirectory.com/skills/pjt222-manage-bibliography-8d10a39b)---
name: manage-bibliography
locale: wenyan-lite
source_locale: en
source_commit: 82c77053
fence_basis_commit: 82c77053
translator: "Julius Brussee homage — caveman"
translation_date: "2026-04-24"
description: >
Create, merge, and deduplicate BibTeX bibliography files using R packages
(RefManageR, bibtex). Parse .bib files into structured R objects, merge
multiple bibliographies with deduplication by DOI or title similarity,
generate entries from DOI/ISBN/arXiv ID, and export clean sorted .bib files.
Use when creating a new .bib file for an R Markdown or Quarto project,
merging bibliographies from multiple collaborators, deduplicating a .bib
that has grown through copy-paste accumulation, or generating BibTeX entries
programmatically from DOIs or other identifiers.
license: MIT
allowed-tools: Read Write Edit Bash Grep Glob
metadata:
author: Philipp Thoss
version: "1.0"
domain: citations
complexity: intermediate
language: R
tags: citations, bibliography, bibtex, R, RefManageR
---
# 管文獻
以 R 創、合並去重 BibTeX 文獻文件。此技能涵文獻管理之全生命:解析既有 .bib 文件為結構化 R 物件、自標識(DOI、ISBN、arXiv ID)生新條目、以智能去重合並多文獻,並匯出潔、一致格式之 .bib 出。
## 適用時機
- 為 R Markdown 或 Quarto 項目創新 .bib 文件
- 合並多協作者或源之文獻
- 去重因複製粘貼積而長之 .bib 文件
- 自 DOI 或他標識以程式生 BibTeX 條目
- 清並標化既有 .bib 文件(一致鍵、已排之域)
## 輸入
- **必要**:一或多 .bib 文件之路,或 DOI/ISBN/arXiv ID 之清單
- **選擇性**:出 .bib 文件路(默認:`references.bib`)
- **選擇性**:去重策略(`doi`、`title`、`both`;默認:`both`)
- **選擇性**:排序(`author`、`year`、`key`;默認:`key`)
- **選擇性**:鍵生模式(默認:`AuthorYear`)
## 步驟
### 步驟一:裝並載所需套件
```r
required_packages <- c("RefManageR", "bibtex", "stringdist")
missing <- required_packages[!vapply(required_packages, requireNamespace,
logical(1), quietly = TRUE)]
if (length(missing) > 0) install.packages(missing)
library(RefManageR)
```
**預期:** 所有套件無誤載。
**失敗時:** 若 RefManageR 裝敗,查 `curl` 與 `xml2` 系統庫可得。Ubuntu 上:`sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev libxml2-dev`。
### 步驟二:解析既有 .bib 文件
```r
bib <- RefManageR::ReadBib("references.bib", check = FALSE)
message(sprintf("Parsed %d entries from references.bib", length(bib)))
# Inspect structure
print(bib[1:3])
# Access fields programmatically
keys <- names(bib)
years <- vapply(bib, function(x) x$year %||% NA_character_, character(1))
```
**預期:** 含文件中所有條目之 `BibEntry` 物件。條目數匹配文件中 `@article{`、`@book{` 等塊之數。
**失敗時:** 若解析敗,查 .bib 文件中未匹花括或無效 UTF-8。行 `bibtex::read.bib()` 為後備以嚴解析。
### 步驟三:自標識生條目
```r
# From DOI
entry_doi <- RefManageR::GetBibEntryWithDOI("10.1093/bioinformatics/btz848")
# From a vector of DOIs
dois <- c("10.1093/bioinformatics/btz848", "10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2")
entries <- do.call(c, lapply(dois, function(d) {
tryCatch(
RefManageR::GetBibEntryWithDOI(d),
error = function(e) {
warning(sprintf("Failed to fetch DOI %s: %s", d, e$message))
NULL
}
)
}))
entries <- Filter(Negate(is.null), entries)
```
**預期:** 每成功解之標識之 BibEntry 物件附完整元數據(標題、作者、期刊、年、DOI)。
**失敗時:** DOI 解析依 CrossRef API。若請求敗,查網連與 DOI 有效。大批或適速率限制;於請求間加 `Sys.sleep(1)`。
### 步驟四:合並多文獻
```r
bib1 <- RefManageR::ReadBib("project_a.bib", check = FALSE)
bib2 <- RefManageR::ReadBib("project_b.bib", check = FALSE)
# Simple merge
merged <- c(bib1, bib2)
message(sprintf("Merged: %d + %d = %d entries (before dedup)",
length(bib1), length(bib2), length(merged)))
```
**預期:** 合並之 BibEntry 物件含兩文件之條目。
### 步驟五:去重條目
```r
deduplicate_bib <- function(bib, method = "both") {
n_before <- length(bib)
keys_to_remove <- c()
for (i in seq_along(bib)) {
if (names(bib)[i] %in% keys_to_remove) next
for (j in seq(i + 1, length(bib))) {
if (j > length(bib)) break
if (names(bib)[j] %in% keys_to_remove) next
is_dup <- FALSE
if (method %in% c("doi", "both")) {
doi_i <- bib[[i]]$doi %||% ""
doi_j <- bib[[j]]$doi %||% ""
if (nzchar(doi_i) && nzchar(doi_j) && tolower(doi_i) == tolower(doi_j)) {
is_dup <- TRUE
}
}
if (!is_dup && method %in% c("title", "both")) {
title_i <- tolower(gsub("[^a-z0-9 ]", "", tolower(bib[[i]]$title %||% "")))
title_j <- tolower(gsub("[^a-z0-9 ]", "", tolower(bib[[j]]$title %||% "")))
if (nzchar(title_i) && nzchar(title_j)) {
sim <- 1 - stringdist::stringdist(title_i, title_j, method = "jw")
if (sim > 0.95) is_dup <- TRUE
}
}
if (is_dup) keys_to_remove <- c(keys_to_remove, names(bib)[j])
}
}
if (length(keys_to_remove) > 0) {
bib <- bib[!names(bib) %in% keys_to_remove]
}
message(sprintf("Deduplication: %d -> %d entries (%d duplicates removed)",
n_before, length(bib), n_before - length(bib)))
bib
}
merged <- deduplicate_bib(merged, method = "both")
```
**預期:** 重條目已除。已除重數已印。
**失敗時:** 若題比較過激(除非重),升相似閾值過 0.95 或僅換 `method = "doi"`。
### 步驟六:排序並匯出
```r
# Sort by citation key
sorted_bib <- sort(merged, sorting = "nyt") # name-year-title
# Export to .bib file
RefManageR::WriteBib(sorted_bib, file = "references.bib", biblatex = FALSE)
message(sprintf("Wrote %d entries to references.bib", length(sorted_bib)))
```
**預期:** 潔 .bib 文件已書於磁,格式一致,每條一塊,按引鍵字母序排。
**失敗時:** 若 WriteBib 生編碼問題,確 R 會話語系支 UTF-8:`Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL", "en_US.UTF-8")`。
## 驗證
- [ ] 出 .bib 文件無誤解:`RefManageR::ReadBib("references.bib")`
- [ ] 條目數合期(輸入數減重)
- [ ] 無重 DOI 存:出中所有 DOI 唯一
- [ ] 所有條目有引鍵
- [ ] 依條類所需域已具(至少作者、題、年)
- [ ] 文件為有效 BibTeX(以 `bibtex::read.bib()` 測)
## 常見陷阱
- **編碼問題**:含 Latin-1 重音之 .bib 文件破 UTF-8 解析器。先轉編碼:`iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 old.bib > new.bib`
- **未匹花括**:單缺 `}` 默丟條目。解大文件前驗花括平衡
- **DOI 速率限制**:CrossRef 節未認證請求。以 `RefManageR::BibOptions(check.entries = FALSE)` 設禮電郵並批請求
- **鍵衝突**:合並含重鍵之文件(如兩者皆有 `Smith2020`)默覆。合後重生鍵
- **題中 LaTeX**:含 `{DNA}` 或 `$\alpha$` 之題需謹處;RefManageR 保之而下游工具或剝之
## 相關技能
- `format-citations` - 化文獻條目為樣式引
- `validate-references` - 驗 .bib 條目之全與 DOI 解析
- `../reporting/format-apa-report` - 以文獻生 APA 格式之報
- `../r-packages/write-vignette` - 創引文獻之套件小品
Attribution
Comments
Loading comments…