# Academic Paper Review

Reviews academic papers on methodology, contribution and positioning, with feedback.

- Repository: https://github.com/bytedance/deer-flow (84840 stars)
- Category: Documents
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add bytedance/deer-flow --skill academic-paper-review -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add bytedance/deer-flow --skill academic-paper-review -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add bytedance/deer-flow --skill academic-paper-review -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add bytedance/deer-flow --skill academic-paper-review -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Use this skill when the user requests to review, analyze, critique, or summarize academic papers, research articles, preprints, or scientific publications. Supports comprehensive structured reviews covering methodology assessment, contribution evaluation, literature positioning, and constructive feedback generation. Trigger on queries involving paper URLs, uploaded PDFs, arXiv links, or requests like "review this paper", "analyze this research", "summarize this study", or "write a peer review".

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Academic Paper Review Skill

## Overview

This skill produces structured, peer-review-quality analyses of academic papers and research publications. It follows established academic review standards used by top-tier venues (NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, Nature, IEEE) to provide rigorous, constructive, and balanced assessments.

The review covers **summary, strengths, weaknesses, methodology assessment, contribution evaluation, literature positioning, and actionable recommendations**, all grounded in evidence from the paper itself.

## Core Capabilities

- Parse and comprehend academic papers from uploaded PDFs or fetched URLs
- Generate structured reviews following top-venue review templates
- Assess methodology rigor (experimental design, statistical validity, reproducibility)
- Evaluate novelty and significance of contributions
- Position the work within the broader research landscape via targeted literature search
- Identify limitations, gaps, and potential improvements
- Produce both detailed review and concise executive summary formats
- Support papers in any scientific domain (CS, biology, physics, social sciences, etc.)

## When to Use This Skill

**Always load this skill when:**

- User provides a paper URL (arXiv, DOI, conference proceedings, journal link)
- User uploads a PDF of a research paper or preprint
- User asks to "review", "analyze", "critique", "assess", or "summarize" a research paper
- User wants to understand the strengths and weaknesses of a study
- User requests a peer-review-style evaluation of academic work
- User asks for help preparing a review for a conference or journal submission

## Review Methodology

### Phase 1: Paper Comprehension

Thoroughly read and understand the paper before forming any judgments.

#### Step 1.1: Identify Paper Metadata

Extract and record:

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