CiteAssist: A System for Automated Preprint Citation and BibTeX Generation
This addresses the issue of manual and error-prone citation generation for researchers, though it is incremental as it builds on existing metadata extraction and annotation techniques.
The paper tackles the problem of automating bibliographic annotation for preprints by presenting CiteAssist, a system that extracts metadata to generate BibTeX entries and attach them to PDFs, resulting in streamlined citation management and added related paper recommendations.
We present CiteAssist, a system to automate the generation of BibTeX entries for preprints, streamlining the process of bibliographic annotation. Our system extracts metadata, such as author names, titles, publication dates, and keywords, to create standardized annotations within the document. CiteAssist automatically attaches the BibTeX citation to the end of a PDF and links it on the first page of the document so other researchers gain immediate access to the correct citation of the article. This method promotes platform flexibility by ensuring that annotations remain accessible regardless of the repository used to publish or access the preprint. The annotations remain available even if the preprint is viewed externally to CiteAssist. Additionally, the system adds relevant related papers based on extracted keywords to the preprint, providing researchers with additional publications besides those in related work for further reading. Researchers can enhance their preprints organization and reference management workflows through a free and publicly available web interface.