How does this skill identify topics in my papers?

It uses the BERTopic library to perform sophisticated clustering on paper content, identifying frequent keyword patterns and semantic similarities that define distinct research themes.

What is the 'outlier' topic in the results?

Topic -1 represents 'outliers'—papers that do not fit neatly into any of the major clusters identified by the current model settings.

Can I merge similar topics discovered by the AI?

Yes, you can manually merge specific topic IDs or use the algorithm-driven reduction feature to consolidate your library into a target number of topics.

Does it provide visual representations of the data?

Absolutely. The skill can generate comprehensive HTML visualizations featuring six different chart types to help you see how topics relate to one another.

Academic Topic Explorer

Name: Academic Topic Explorer
Author: ZimoLiao

byZimoLiao

•

265

•

Data Science & ML

Analyzes and clusters academic paper libraries using BERTopic to discover research themes and cross-domain connections.

The Academic Topic Explorer skill brings advanced thematic analysis to the ScholarAIO research terminal within Claude Code. By leveraging BERTopic clustering, it allows researchers to automatically categorize large collections of papers, visualize topic distributions through interactive HTML charts, and identify hidden connections between different fields of study. Whether you are conducting a literature review or managing a massive citation library, this skill provides the tools to build, refine, and merge topic models to gain a high-level understanding of your research landscape.

Key Features

01Deep-dive exploration of specific topics and their associated papers

02Intelligent topic merging to consolidate similar research directions

03Interactive HTML visualizations including distribution maps and relationship charts

04Automated topic clustering using state-of-the-art BERTopic algorithms

05Customizable model building with adjustable topic size and reduction parameters

06265 GitHub stars

Use Cases

01Identifying cross-domain connections and knowledge gaps within a citation database

02Mapping the thematic landscape of a new research field to identify key pillars

03Organizing a large, disorganized library of research papers into coherent clusters

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add zimoliao/scholaraio topics

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT