citation-grabber

name	citation-grabber
description	Search for scientific papers and fetch citations in BibTeX or NBIB format from PubMed and CrossRef
version	1.1.0
usage	citation-grabber <title_or_doi_or_pmid_or_file> [--format bibtex|nbib] [--output <file>] [--quiet]
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Citation Grabber

Instantly fetch scientific paper citations from the command line.

Features

• 🔍 Search by title, DOI, or PubMed ID
• 📚 Supports BibTeX and NBIB output formats
• 🔄 Dual source: PubMed + CrossRef
• 📦 Batch processing from text files
• ✨ Smart fallback between data sources

Installation

Via Skills Collection

# From the skills collection repository
./scripts/install.sh citation-grabber

Standalone

# Clone the standalone repository
git clone https://github.com/yf8578/citation-grabber.git
cd citation-grabber
pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Single Paper

By Title:

python3 citation.py "Attention Is All You Need"

By DOI:

python3 citation.py "10.1038/nature14539"

By PubMed ID:

python3 citation.py "12345678"

Output Formats

BibTeX (Default):

python3 citation.py "Deep Learning" --format bibtex

NBIB (PubMed Format for EndNote/Zotero):

python3 citation.py "COVID-19 vaccine" --format nbib

Batch Processing

Create a file papers.txt with paper titles/DOIs/PMIDs (one per line), then:

python3 citation.py papers.txt --output references.bib

Quiet Mode

Suppress progress messages:

python3 citation.py "Paper Title" --quiet

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• requests library (auto-installed)
• Internet connection

Links

• Full Repository: https://github.com/yf8578/citation-grabber
• Documentation: See repository README
• License: MIT