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name: academic-research
description: Conduct academic literature research: paper discovery, citation analysis, systematic reviews, and research summaries. Use when the goal is to review academic literature on a topic.
version: 1.0.0
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# academic-research

Conduct academic literature research: paper discovery, citation analysis, systematic reviews, and research summaries. Use when the goal is to review academic literature on a topic.

## Goal pattern

academic research literature review paper citation systematic review arxiv pubmed scholar

## Parameters

(none)

## Steps

1. [context-gatherer] Map the research topic: what field? What search terms? What databases (arXiv, PubMed, Google Scholar)? What time range? What inclusion criteria?

2. [planner] Plan the literature review:
1. Search strategy: keywords, boolean operators, databases
2. Screening: title/abstract → full text selection
3. Data extraction: methods, findings, quality assessment
4. Synthesis: thematic analysis, meta-analysis if quantitative
5. Citation analysis: key papers, influential authors
6. Reporting: structured summary with gaps identified (after: step-0)

3. [runner] Execute the review:
1. Search databases with query strategy
2. Screen results (title/abstract)
3. Full-text review of selected papers
4. Extract key findings
5. Synthesize across papers
6. Identify research gaps (after: step-1)

4. [reviewer] Review: verify search completeness, check extraction accuracy, validate synthesis, ensure citations are correct. (after: step-2)