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AcademicLinter

Simple python script to flag common issues in papers

LaTeX Academic Linter & Citation Auditor

A Python-based utility to clean up LaTeX projects. It identifies unused bibliography entries, suggests where to add them based on content matching, and flags common academic writing pitfalls.

🚀 Features

  • Citation Audit: Scans .tex files to find references in your .bib files that haven't been cited.
  • Smart Suggestions: Uses keyword density and abstract analysis to suggest specific paragraphs where unused references might fit.
  • Style Guard: - Flags Passive Voice (e.g., "was analyzed").
    • Identifies Weasel Words (e.g., "very", "significantly").
    • Suggests alternatives for Wordy Phrases (e.g., "due to the fact that" → "because").
  • Drafting Hygiene: Finds TODO, XXX, ??? markers and repeated words (e.g., "the the").
  • Privacy Check: Alerts you if author names from your BibTeX appear in LaTeX comments (crucial for double-blind review).
  • Cross-File Support: Works with multiple .tex and .bib files, supporting wildcards and entire directories.

🛠️ Installation

  1. Clone this repository or download the script.
  2. Install the required dependency: 
    pip install bibtexparser