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Turn manuscript text, claims, figure/table statements, abstracts, slides, or novelty/comparison assertions into verified, imaging-journal-scoped citation candidates and export one reference-manager-ready file (RIS, EndNote ENW, or BibTeX). Use when the user needs references for an imaging paper, wants supporting citations, wants a two-pass claim/citation/numerical verification gate, needs to check whether a cited source actually says the claimed thing, scope citations to radiology/imaging journals (Radiology, Radiology: AI, RadioGraphics, AJR, European Radiology, JACR, etc.), verify a DOI/PMID, or export a bibliography. Verifies identifiers before formatting and never fabricates DOIs, pages, volumes, journal metadata, or source support.

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Imaging-Scoped Citation Retrieval & Export

Convert manuscript text or standalone claims into verified citation candidates, scoped to the imaging literature when desired, and export a clean reference file.

Core stance

  • Verify before citing. Resolve DOI/PMID/arXiv ID against a source of record; expose failed lookups rather than filling fields by guesswork.
  • Never fabricate DOI, pages, volume, issue, year, or journal — metadata-only support is flagged as such.
  • Cite what supports the claim. Grade support: strong / partial / background / limiting.
  • Scope deliberately. Restrict to imaging journals when the user wants imaging-specific support; broaden for methods/biology claims (radiogenomics often needs Nature/Cell/ Bioinformatics + imaging).

When to use

  • "Find references supporting this sentence/claim."
  • "Scope these citations to radiology journals."
  • "Verify these DOIs/PMIDs and export RIS/EndNote/BibTeX."
  • "Build a bibliography for this Introduction/Discussion."

When to open extra files

FileOpen when
references/radiology-journal-scope.mdChoosing the journal scope (imaging-only vs. broadened) and ranking by venue
references/export-formats.mdRIS / ENW / BibTeX field mapping and integrity rules
references/claim-verification-gate.mdPre-submission claim-by-claim verification, doc-only/source-limited audits, numerical checks, novelty checks, or figure/table claim verification

Workflow

  1. For manuscript safety checks, open claim-verification-gate.md and state the mode: Search / Doc-only / Visual-table.
  2. Segment the text into citable claim units (stable IDs).
  3. Translate Chinese claims into precise English scientific concepts; prefer precision over volume.
  4. Search (hand off retrieval to radiology-search / your academic-search MCP): get candidates with DOI/PMID.
  5. Verify each identifier; drop or flag unresolved ones.
  6. Grade support per candidate against the claim.
  7. Scope/rank (radiology-journal-scope.md) — imaging-first when requested.
  8. Export one file (RIS / ENW / BibTeX), preserving verified fields only.

Output contract

  1. Claim → candidates table: Claim ID | Candidate (authors, year, journal) | DOI/PMID | Support grade | Verified?.
  2. Verification gate — if used: Claim ID | Status | Required action with unsupported, partial, conflicting, or cannot-assess claims made explicit.
  3. Export — a single RIS/ENW/BibTeX file with only verified records.
  4. Unresolved — claims with no verified support, and identifiers that failed lookup.

Handoffs

  • Retrieval/verification engine → radiology-search.
  • In-text citation style/placement in prose → radiology-polishing / radiology-writing.
  • Dataset citations (TCIA/GEO) → radiology-data.
  • Full bilingual read of a cited paper → radiology-reader.