molcell-citation
Use to convert references to the current Cell Press numbered style used by Molecular Cell — superscript numbers in order of first appearance, a reference list numbered in that order, full author lists (no et al.), abbreviated journal names. This is NOT author-date; older Cell Press author-date manuscripts must be renumbered.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill molcell-citation --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Reference Style (molcell-citation) ## When to trigger - References are author–date "(Smith et al., 2021)" and must become Cell Press numbered. - The reference list is alphabetical instead of ordered by first appearance. - Author lists are truncated with "et al." in the bibliography. - You are porting a manuscript from a name–year journal (or an older Cell Press template) to Molecular Cell. ## Cell Press numbered citation mechanics (current) Cell Press moved its journals — including Molecular Cell — to a **numbered** referencing style. Confirm the live format, but the working model is: - **In-text: superscript numbers**, assigned in **order of first appearance** (e.g., "…unwinds DNA.^1,2" and later "…as shown previously.^1"). - **Reference list: numbered in citation order** — NOT alphabetical, NOT author–date. - **Full author lists** in each entry (Cell Press does not truncate to "et al." for typical author counts; confirm the cutoff). - **Abbreviated journal names**, with year in parentheses, volume, and pages/article number. - A **single reference list** covering the main text and STAR Methods. - Reuse the same number on every later citation of a source; never assign a source tw
- When to trigger
- Cell Press numbered citation mechanics (current)
- Reference formats (shape — confirm against the live Cell Press style)
- Common conversion fixes (author–date → Cell Press numbered)
- Worked conversion (author–date → Cell Press numbered)
- STAR Methods and the single list
- Tooling
- Output format
- Anti-patterns
What does the molcell-citation skill do?
Use to convert references to the current Cell Press numbered style used by Molecular Cell — superscript numbers in order of first appearance, a reference list numbered in that order, full author lists (no et al.), abbreviated journal names. This is NOT author-date; older Cell Press author-date manuscripts must be renumbered.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill molcell-citation --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 984 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.