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Summarize academic papers with structured extraction of key elements

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# Academic Paper Summarizer

## Overview

Academic papers are dense, technical documents that require significant time to read and understand fully. The Academic Paper Summarizer skill provides a systematic framework for extracting the essential elements from research papers into structured, reusable summaries.

This skill is designed for researchers who need to rapidly process large volumes of literature—whether during a systematic review, when onboarding into a new field, or when preparing a literature review section for their own manuscripts. Rather than producing generic summaries, it enforces a structured template that captures the components most relevant to downstream academic work: research questions, methodology, key findings, limitations, and contributions to the field.

The skill works with any academic paper format (PDF, HTML, plain text) and can be adapted across disciplines from biomedical sciences to social sciences, engineering, and humanities. It emphasizes fidelity to the original text while organizing information into a consistent schema that facilitates comparison across papers.

## Structured Extraction Framework

The core of this skill is a multi-section extraction template. When summarizing a paper, populate each of the following fields:
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