Requirements
- Target platform
- OpenClaw
- Install method
- Manual import
- Extraction
- Extract archive
- Prerequisites
- OpenClaw
- Primary doc
- SKILL.md
Search academic literature with Google Scholar using effective queries, citations, and filters.
Search academic literature with Google Scholar using effective queries, citations, and filters.
Hand the extracted package to your coding agent with a concrete install brief instead of figuring it out manually.
I downloaded a skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder and install it by following the included instructions. Tell me what you changed and call out any manual steps you could not complete.
I downloaded an updated skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder, compare it with my current installation, and upgrade it while preserving any custom configuration unless the package docs explicitly say otherwise. Summarize what changed and any follow-up checks I should run.
Exact phrases in quotes: "machine learning" finds the phrase, not separate words Exclude terms with minus: neural networks -deep removes deep learning results OR for alternatives: "global warming" OR "climate change" โ must be uppercase author: operator for specific researchers: author:"Y LeCun" source: for specific journals: source:"Nature" quantum computing intitle: forces term in title: intitle:transformer attention
Custom range critical for recent research โ default shows highly cited old papers first "Since 2023" for cutting-edge but less vetted work "Since 2020" balances recency and citation accumulation Sort by date for newest, sort by relevance for most cited โ toggle based on need
Citation count indicates influence, not quality โ popular isn't always right "Cited by X" link shows who built on this work โ follow research forward "Related articles" finds similar work โ useful after finding one good paper Versions link shows preprints and alternate copies โ often free when journal isn't Quotation marks in snippet show exact matches โ verify relevance before clicking
Check "All versions" for free copies โ preprints, institutional repositories Add filetype:pdf to find direct PDF links Unpaywall browser extension auto-finds legal free versions Request from authors directly โ most will share, academia.edu and ResearchGate common Institutional access through library proxy โ VPN to university network
h-index visible on author profiles โ measures productivity and impact "Cited by" sorted by relevance shows most influential citations Citation count alone misleads โ review papers cite heavily but add less Self-citations inflate metrics โ check who's actually citing Recent citations more meaningful for living research โ old papers cited by habit
Create alerts for search terms โ email when new papers match Follow researchers via profiles โ notifications for new publications "Cite" button exports to reference managers โ BibTeX, EndNote, RefMan Save to library requires Google account โ organizes papers for later
Coverage biased toward English and STEM โ humanities and non-English underrepresented No quality filter โ predatory journals appear alongside legitimate ones Older papers may not be indexed โ pre-digital era incomplete Cannot search full text โ only titles, abstracts, and metadata Ranking algorithm opaque โ not always clear why results ordered as shown
Check journal reputation before trusting โ impact factor as rough guide Preprints not peer-reviewed โ valuable for speed, treat as preliminary Conference papers vary by field โ top-tier in CS, lower status in medicine Retracted papers may still appear โ verify paper status before citing Thesis and dissertations are gray literature โ use cautiously
Start broad, narrow with filters โ missing papers worse than sorting many Combine Scholar with domain databases โ PubMed for medicine, IEEE for engineering Snowball: find one good paper, explore its citations and references Check review papers for comprehensive coverage โ synthesize existing knowledge Multiple queries with synonyms โ terminology varies across disciplines
Trusting citation count as quality measure Ignoring publication date โ fields evolve, old papers may be outdated Stopping at first page of results โ good papers may be buried Not checking for retractions or corrections Citing papers based only on abstract โ always read methodology Missing preprint versions that are freely available
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