Academic Research Tools

Tools and utilities for academic research workflows, including document management, PDF processing, and research automation.

See also: Command Line Tools , Web Publishing

  • A command-line tool that intelligently renames academic PDFs based on their content, extracting metadata like title, authors, and publication year.

    Example usage:
    # Rename a single PDF
    rename-academic-pdf paper.pdf
    
    # Process multiple PDFs
    rename-academic-pdf *.pdf
    
    # Use a custom naming pattern
    rename-academic-pdf --pattern "{year}_{first_author}_{title}" paper.pdf
    
    # Dry run to preview changes
    rename-academic-pdf --dry-run downloads/*.pdf
    
  • Raycast ArXiv Extension TypeScript 2025 contributed

    A Raycast extension for searching and managing arXiv papers with multiple viewing formats and citation styles.

    My Contribution:

    Enhanced the arXiv extension with comprehensive academic research features

    • Multiple viewing formats (Abstract, PDF, TeX Source, HTML)
    • Citation export in multiple formats (BibTeX, APA, MLA, Chicago)
    • Preferences for default open format and citation style
    • Enhanced search results with DOI, publication year, journal references
    • Quick actions to copy various paper links
    • Tooltip showing full author list on hover
    • Full citation display in selected style with category codes
    • Publication venue display with colored tags (journal names, conference venues)
    • Intelligent conference extraction from paper comments (NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, etc.)
    • Page count display from paper comments
    • Toggle between 'Time Since Published' and 'Publication Details' display modes
    • Improved data parsing for all available arXiv metadata
    View Pull Request