format-citations
About
This skill formats academic citations across major styles (APA, Chicago, etc.) using CSL processors and R tooling. It converts between styles, generates in-text citations and reference lists, and validates formatting. Use it when rendering Quarto/R Markdown documents, converting bibliographies, or setting up citation infrastructure for a project.
Quick Install
Claude Code
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Documentation
擬引
以 CSL(Citation Style Language)處器與 R 工於學式(APA 7、Chicago、Vancouver、IEEE)間擬引。此技覆自 BibTeX 條轉為 APA 7、Chicago、Vancouver、IEEE 及定式之正文中引與參列。用 Pandoc citeproc、knitcitations 包、Quarto 原生引擎以成可複文。
用
- 渲含引之 R Markdown 或 Quarto 文
- 轉書庫於不同引式間
- 自 .bib 生獨參列
- 驗文中引匹特式導
- 設多文項(書、論)之引基
入
- 必:.bib 文(或 Pandoc 識之他書源)
- 必:標引式(如
apa、chicago-author-date、ieee) - 可:CSL 文徑(默:用 Pandoc 內式)
- 可:出式(
html、pdf、docx;默:自文推) - 可:語之地(默:
en-US)
行
一:驗引基
# Check Pandoc availability (required for citeproc)
pandoc_path <- Sys.which("pandoc")
if (!nzchar(pandoc_path)) {
pandoc_path <- Sys.getenv("RSTUDIO_PANDOC")
}
stopifnot("Pandoc not found" = nzchar(pandoc_path))
message(sprintf("Pandoc: %s", system2(pandoc_path, "--version", stdout = TRUE)[1]))
# Check for citeproc support
citeproc_ok <- any(grepl("citeproc", system2(pandoc_path, "--list-extensions", stdout = TRUE)))
message(sprintf("Citeproc: %s", ifelse(citeproc_ok, "built-in", "external needed")))
得:Pandoc 2.11+ 察並內含 citeproc。
敗:裝 Pandoc 或於 .Renviron 設 RSTUDIO_PANDOC 指 RStudio 捆之 Pandoc。Quarto 亦攜己 Pandoc。
二:設文 YAML 為引
R Markdown:
---
title: "My Document"
bibliography: references.bib
csl: apa.csl
link-citations: true
output:
html_document:
pandoc_args: ["--citeproc"]
---
Quarto:
---
title: "My Document"
bibliography: references.bib
csl: apa.csl
link-citations: true
cite-method: citeproc
---
得:YAML 首正引 .bib 文與 CSL 式。
敗:CSL 文不存→自 CSL 庫下(見三步)置於項目錄。
三:取 CSL 式文
# Common CSL styles and their repository names
csl_styles <- list(
apa = "apa.csl",
chicago = "chicago-author-date.csl",
vancouver = "vancouver.csl",
ieee = "ieee.csl",
nature = "nature.csl",
harvard = "harvard-cite-them-right.csl",
mla = "modern-language-association.csl"
)
download_csl <- function(style, dest_dir = ".") {
base_url <- "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/citation-style-language/styles/master"
filename <- csl_styles[[style]]
if (is.null(filename)) stop(sprintf("Unknown style: %s", style))
dest <- file.path(dest_dir, filename)
utils::download.file(
url = sprintf("%s/%s", base_url, filename),
destfile = dest, quiet = TRUE
)
message(sprintf("Downloaded %s to %s", filename, dest))
dest
}
# Download APA 7 style
download_csl("apa")
得:CSL 文已下至項目錄。
敗:察網連。CSL GitHub 庫含 10,000+ 式。離線用→項中捆所需 CSL 文。
四:書文中引
於文體用 Pandoc 引語:
<!-- Single citation -->
According to @Smith2020, the method improves accuracy.
<!-- Parenthetical citation -->
The method improves accuracy [@Smith2020].
<!-- Multiple citations -->
Several studies confirm this [@Smith2020; @Jones2021; @Lee2022].
<!-- Citation with page number -->
As noted by @Smith2020 [p. 42], the results are significant.
<!-- Suppress author name -->
The results are significant [-@Smith2020].
<!-- Citation with prefix -->
[see @Smith2020, pp. 42-45; also @Jones2021, ch. 3]
得:Pandoc/Quarto 渲為標式之正擬引(如 APA 之 (Smith, 2020),Chicago 之 (Smith 2020))。
五:以 R 生獨參列
# Using RefManageR to print formatted references
library(RefManageR)
BibOptions(style = "text", bib.style = "authoryear", sorting = "nyt")
bib <- ReadBib("references.bib", check = FALSE)
# Print all entries in text format
print(bib)
# Format specific entries
print(bib[author = "Smith"])
# Generate markdown reference list programmatically
format_reference_list <- function(bib, style = "apa") {
BibOptions(style = "text", bib.style = "authoryear")
entries <- capture.output(print(bib))
entries <- entries[nzchar(trimws(entries))]
paste(sprintf("- %s", entries), collapse = "\n")
}
cat(format_reference_list(bib))
得:擬參列印於控或捕為字向為後處。
六:引式間轉
# Render the same document in different styles
styles <- c("apa", "chicago", "ieee")
for (style in styles) {
csl_file <- download_csl(style)
output_file <- sprintf("output_%s.html", style)
rmarkdown::render(
input = "document.Rmd",
output_file = output_file,
params = list(csl = csl_file),
quiet = TRUE
)
message(sprintf("Rendered %s with %s style", output_file, style))
}
Quarto:
quarto render document.qmd --metadata csl:apa.csl -o output_apa.html
quarto render document.qmd --metadata csl:ieee.csl -o output_ieee.html
得:多出文,各以異引式擬同容。
敗:渲敗→察文中諸引鍵存於 .bib。缺鍵生警而或破擬。
七:驗引擬
# Check for undefined citations in rendered output
validate_citations <- function(rmd_file, bib_file) {
# Extract citation keys from document
doc_text <- readLines(rmd_file, warn = FALSE)
doc_keys <- unique(unlist(regmatches(
doc_text,
gregexpr("@([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_:.#$%&+-?<>~/]*)", doc_text)
)))
doc_keys <- gsub("^@", "", doc_keys)
# Remove false positives (email-like patterns)
doc_keys <- doc_keys[!grepl("\\.", doc_keys)]
# Extract keys from .bib file
bib <- RefManageR::ReadBib(bib_file, check = FALSE)
bib_keys <- names(bib)
# Find mismatches
undefined <- setdiff(doc_keys, bib_keys)
unused <- setdiff(bib_keys, doc_keys)
list(
undefined = undefined,
unused = unused,
cited = intersect(doc_keys, bib_keys)
)
}
result <- validate_citations("document.Rmd", "references.bib")
if (length(result$undefined) > 0) {
warning(sprintf("Undefined citation keys: %s",
paste(result$undefined, collapse = ", ")))
}
if (length(result$unused) > 0) {
message(sprintf("Unused .bib entries: %s",
paste(result$unused, collapse = ", ")))
}
得:報示未定鍵(引而不於 .bib)、未用條(於 .bib 而未引)、及有效引。
敗:郵址或含 @ 之碼或偽正。精正則或手閱標鍵。
驗
- 文渲無 Pandoc/citeproc 之引警
- 文中諸
@key引皆解為 .bib 條 - 參列現於文末(或於
div#refs) - 文中引匹標式
- 引序循式規(APA 字母、IEEE 序號)
- 自文中引至參列之鏈運(若
link-citations: true)
忌
- 缺 CSL 文:無定 CSL→Pandoc 退至 Chicago 作者-日。式一致→必明設
csl: - 引鍵誤:誤鍵如
@Smtih2020默擬為字。以--verbose啟 Pandoc 警捕之 - 地依擬:APA 於英用「and」於德用「und」。於 YAML 首設
lang:以匹 - nocite 為未引條:欲入條於參列而不於文引→加
nocite: '@*'(諸)或nocite: '@key1, @key2'於 YAML - CSL 版錯:某 CSL 0.8 舊文不容現代 Pandoc。恒用官庫之 CSL 1.0+
- Quarto 對 R Markdown 異:Quarto 默
cite-method: citeproc;R Markdown 或須明pandoc_args: ["--citeproc"]
參
manage-bibliography- 造並維此技所用之 .bib 文validate-references- 擬前驗 .bib 條全../reporting/format-apa-report- 引外之全 APA 報擬../reporting/create-quarto-report- 含引持之 Quarto 文設
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