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sci-citation
GitHub将参考文献列表转换为Science (AAAS) 编号格式。支持按出现顺序排序、合并主文与补充材料引用、展开作者名单至完整列表、缩写期刊名，并将注释整合进统一编号序列，适用于AAAS旗舰期刊的后期排版。
Trigger Scenarios
需将APA/Harvard或Nature风格转为Science风格
参考文献未按出现顺序排列
文献列表中作者名单被截断为et al.
注释与参考文献需合并为连续编号列表
Install
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sci-citation -g -y
SKILL.md
Frontmatter
{
"name": "sci-citation",
"description": "Use when converting a reference list to Science (AAAS) numbered style — italic numbers cited in order of appearance, a single continuous list that the Supplementary Materials share, full author lists rather than \"et al.\" in the bibliography, and abbreviated journal titles. Late-stage style pass for the flagship AAAS weekly."
}
Reference Style (sci-citation)
When to trigger
- References are in author–date (APA/Harvard) or Nature style and must become Science style.
- The reference list is not ordered by citation appearance.
- Author lists are truncated with "et al." in the bibliography.
- Notes and references are split when Science combines them.
Science citation mechanics
- Numbered, in order of appearance in the text, as italic numbers in parentheses: (1), (2, 3), (4–6).
- A single reference list numbered consecutively; in Science, main text and Supplementary Materials share one continuous numbering (the SM continues the count). Confirm against current guidelines, but design for one list.
- Notes and references are combined — explanatory notes get a number in the same list.
- The reference list gives full author lists (Science does not truncate to "et al." in the bibliography for typical author counts).
- Journal titles abbreviated (per standard abbreviations); include volume, page (or article number), year.
Reference formats (shape)
- Journal article:
A. B. Author, C. D. Author, E. F. Author, Title of the article. *Journal Abbrev.* **Volume**, page (year). - Book:
A. B. Author, *Book Title* (Publisher, ed., year), pp. xx–yy. - Chapter:
A. B. Author, in *Book Title*, C. Editor, Ed. (Publisher, year), pp. xx–yy. - Dataset/code: cite with repository, accession/DOI, and year (consistent with
sci-data). - Preprint: include the repository and DOI/identifier.
Initials precede surnames; titles are in sentence case; journal in italics; volume in bold. Use a reference manager style file for Science to enforce this mechanically.
Common conversion fixes
| From | To (Science) |
|---|---|
| "(Smith et al., 2021)" | "(12)" |
| "Smith, J. (2021)." | "J. Smith, …" |
| Truncated "et al." in biblio | full author list |
| Alphabetical reference list | ordered by first appearance |
| Separate "Notes" section | merged into the numbered list |
Tooling
- Use Zotero/EndNote with the Science CSL/style; do a final manual pass on abbreviations and author-list completeness (managers often truncate).
- Verify every in-text number resolves and the list has no gaps/duplicates after the SM merge.
Why the continuous-numbering rule bites at Science specifically
Most general journals keep main-text and supplement references separate. Science's heavy reliance on Supplementary Materials means the SM often carries the bulk of the citations, and the house convention threads them into one consecutively numbered list (the SM continues the count from the main text). A reference first cited in fig. S7's legend gets the next free number, not a parallel "S" series. This is the single most common style defect when a manuscript is ported from a Nature-style or author–date template, because those tools renumber the SM independently. Confirm the exact current convention against the author guidelines, but build the list as one stream.
Worked micro-example (illustrative)
A Report cites three sources in its first paragraph, then introduces a fourth source only in the Supplementary Methods:
- Main text: "...prior surveys disagreed (1, 2), and the standard model predicts otherwise (3)."
- SM Methods: "We adapted the assay of (4)."
- Combined reference list (one stream, by appearance):
A. B. Chen, D. Okafor, Title of the first survey. *Science* **370**, 112 (2020).R. Mehta, S. Lindqvist, L. Park, Title of the second survey. *Nat. Commun.* **11**, 4471 (2020).J. Ito, Title of the model paper. *Phys. Rev. Lett.* **124**, 030601 (2020).K. Adeyemi, T. Roy, Title of the assay paper. *Cell* **180**, 55 (2020).
Note: initials precede surnames, titles are sentence case, journal abbreviated and italic, volume bold — and reference 4, though first invoked in the SM, takes the next integer, not "S1".
Conversion-failure patterns to catch
| Failure mode (what a copyeditor flags) | Science-specific fix |
|---|---|
| SM references restart at 1 or use an "S" prefix | Merge into the single stream; renumber by first appearance across main + SM. |
| Manager truncated authors to "et al." in the list | Restore the full author list; Science prints all authors for typical counts. |
| Explanatory footnotes sit in a separate "Notes" block | Fold each note into the numbered list as its own entry. |
| In-text markers rendered upright "(12)" not italic | Apply the italic-number-in-parentheses form (12). |
| List alphabetized by a default CSL | Re-sort strictly by order of first citation. |
Calibration anchors (confirm against current author guidelines)
- Numbering is by appearance, not alphabetical; markers are italic numbers in parentheses, e.g., (1), (2, 3), (4–6).
- One continuous list spanning main text and Supplementary Materials; notes and references are combined.
- Full author lists in the bibliography; journal titles abbreviated; volume bold; year in parentheses.
- After the SM merge, verify every in-text number resolves and the list has no gaps or duplicates.
Output format
【Style detected】 author-date / Nature / other → Science
【Numbering】 by appearance? single continuous list incl SM? yes/no
【Author lists】 full (not et al.) in biblio? yes/no
【Journal abbreviations】 applied? yes/no
【Unresolved/duplicate refs】 [...]
【Next】 sci-cover-letter
Anti-patterns
- Do not leave author–date citations anywhere in a Science manuscript.
- Do not alphabetize the reference list — order is by appearance.
- Do not truncate author lists with "et al." in the bibliography.
- Do not keep separate main-text and SM reference numbering if guidelines call for one continuous list.
Version History
- 1839142 Current 2026-07-05 14:24
