Scientific Impact Assessment

Use this skill to measure the reach of a paper with citation, attention, and journal-level context.

Instructions

1. Prefer a DOI or OpenAlex work ID as input.
   • If you only have a title, use /crossref-lookup first to resolve a DOI before running this skill.
2. Use the bundled CLI:
   • In this repository: skills/scientific-impact-assessment/scripts/measure-impact
   • After installation: ~/.agents/skills/scientific-impact-assessment/scripts/measure-impact
3. OpenAlex is the default source for paper-level citation data.
   • The CLI retrieves cited_by_count, publication year, journal/source name, and citation history from OpenAlex.
4. Altmetric is optional and should be treated as conditional enrichment.
   • Current Altmetric documentation says an API key is required for Details Page API access.
   • If ALTMETRIC_API_KEY is not available, the CLI should report Altmetric as unavailable instead of failing.
5. Journal-level impact factors come from the curated references table in references/journal_metrics_2024.tsv.
   • These are curated public web values, mostly from official publisher pages.
   • The Science row uses a labeled third-party fallback because no public official AAAS JIF page was located during skill creation on March 19, 2026.