---
title: "Beautiful Soup Academic Paper Parser"
description: "Extracts structured citation data from academic repositories using BeautifulSoup4 with lxml parser. Parses DOI metadata, author affiliations, and reference lists from PubMed, arXiv, and Semantic Scholar HTML."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://pypi.org/project/beautifulsoup4/"
category:
  - "Research & Scraping"
framework:
  - "MCP"
---

# Beautiful Soup Academic Paper Parser

Extracts structured citation data from academic repositories using BeautifulSoup4 with lxml parser. Parses DOI metadata, author affiliations, and reference lists from PubMed, arXiv, and Semantic Scholar HTML.

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/beautifulsoup-academic-paper-parser/)