[SUBMISSION] OneCite — Universal citation & academic reference toolkit #267
Description
Submitting Author: (@HzaCode)
All current maintainers: (@HzaCode)
Package Name: OneCite
One-Line Description of Package: Universal citation & academic reference toolkit—multi-source lookup (DOI/PMID/arXiv/ISBN/GitHub/Zenodo/OpenAlex/Crossref/DataCite/Google Books), metadata completion, de-duplication, and multi-style output (BibTeX/APA/MLA); CLI + Python API.
Repository Link: https://github.com/HzaCode/OneCite
Version submitted: 0.0.12
EiC: TBD
Editor: TBD
Reviewer 1: TBD
Reviewer 2: TBD
Archive: TBD
JOSS DOI: N/A
Version accepted: TBD
Date accepted (month/day/year): TBD
Code of Conduct & Commitment to Maintain Package
- I agree to abide by [pyOpenSci's Code of Conduct][PyOpenSciCodeOfConduct] during the review process and in future interactions in spaces supported by pyOpenSci should it be accepted.
- I have read and will commit to package maintenance after the review as per the [pyOpenSci Policies Guidelines][Commitment].
Description
OneCite is a Python library and CLI that parses messy references, queries multiple scholarly databases, completes missing metadata, de-duplicates results, and exports standardized citations in BibTeX/APA/MLA through a templated pipeline (clean → query → validate → format). It supports identifiers and free-text (e.g., DOI, PMID, arXiv, ISBN, GitHub, Zenodo) and includes optional interactive disambiguation.
Scope
Please indicate which category or categories:
- Data retrieval
- Workflow automation
- Citation management and bibliometrics
- Database interoperability
Domain Specific
- Geospatial
- Education
Community Partnerships
- Astropy: My package adheres to Astropy community standards
- Pangeo: My package adheres to the [Pangeo standards listed in the pyOpenSci peer review guidebook][PangeoCollaboration]
For all submissions (brief, 1–2 sentences each):
- Target audience & scientific applications: Researchers, students, librarians, and software authors who need reproducible, standardized references for papers, replication packages, and systematic reviews; OneCite automates multi-source lookup, validation, and formatting.
- Similar packages & how this differs: Existing tools are often source-specific or retrieval-only; OneCite provides a general-purpose, multi-database pipeline with metadata completion, de-duplication, and multi-style outputs via CLI and Python API.
- Pre-submission enquiry: N/A
Technical checks
Confirm each of the following by checking the box. This package:
- does not violate the Terms of Service of any service it interacts with.
- uses an [OSI approved license][OsiApprovedLicense].
- contains a README with instructions for installing the development version.
- includes documentation with examples for all functions.
- contains a tutorial with examples of its essential functions and uses.
- has a test suite.
- has continuous integration setup, such as GitHub Actions CircleCI, and/or others.
Publication Options
- Do you wish to automatically submit to the [Journal of Open Source Software][JournalOfOpenSourceSoftware]? No.
Are you OK with Reviewers Submitting Issues and/or pull requests to your Repo Directly?
- Yes I am OK with reviewers submitting requested changes as issues to my repo. Reviewers will then link to the issues in their submitted review.
Confirm each of the following by checking the box.
- I have read the [author guide](https://www.pyopensci.org/software-peer-review/how-to/author-guide.html).
- I expect to maintain this package for at least 2 years and can help find a replacement for the maintainer (team) if needed.