# academic-research-skills alternatives: 12 Claude Code plugins like imbad0202/academic-research-skills

academic-research-skills has 54,395 stars, gained 1,052 in 7 days and was last pushed Oct 28, 2026; the top pick, nature-skills, has 51,234 stars and gained 1,276 in 7 days.

Published: Oct 23, 2026 · Updated: Oct 28, 2026 · Author: Flowy
Canonical: https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/imbad0202-academic-research-skills

## How they compare

Flowy lists 108 other Research plugins like academic-research-skills, ranked by shared technologies, then GitHub stars; nothing in this list is paid.

| Plugin | Stars | 7 days | Updated | License | Contains |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- | --- |
| [academic-research-skills](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/imbad0202-academic-research-skills) | 54,395 | +1,052 | Oct 28, 2026 | – | 42 agents, 16 commands, 2 hooks |
| [nature-skills](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/yuan1z0825-nature-skills) | 51,234 | +1,276 | Oct 28, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 24 skills |
| [medical-research-skills](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/aipoch-medical-research-skills) | 1,993 | +19 | Sep 17, 2026 | MIT | 8 commands |
| [yushui2022-mathmodel-skill](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/yushui2022-mathmodel-skill) | 456 | +3 | Oct 24, 2026 | MIT | 10 skills |
| [paper-search-pro](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/o0000-code-paper-search-pro) | 217 | +12 | Sep 30, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 1 skill |
| [joshua-zyy-academic-paper-writer](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/joshua-zyy-academic-paper-writer) | 115 | – | Oct 5, 2026 | MIT | 8 skills |
| [night-owl-research-agent](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/grind-lab-core-night-owl-research-agent) | 107 | – | May 6, 2026 | – | 22 skills, 9 agents, 1 command, 6 MCP servers |
| [k-dense-ai-scientific-agent-skills](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/k-dense-ai-claude-scientific-skills) | 54,934 | +1,474 | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 177 skills |
| [openkb](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/vectifyai-openkb) | 4,810 | +31 | Jul 22, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 4 skills |
| [ddgs](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/deedy5-ddgs) | 3,031 | +14 | Oct 23, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill |
| [deep-research-skills](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/weizhena-deep-research-skills) | 2,431 | +37 | Aug 23, 2026 | MIT | 5 skills, 7 agents |
| [nvk-llm-wiki](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/nvk-llm-wiki) | 1,465 | +34 | Oct 25, 2026 | MIT | 3 skills, 28 commands |
| [news-aggregator-skill](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/cclank-news-aggregator-skill) | 1,315 | +6 | May 27, 2026 | – | 1 skill |

## The 12 closest alternatives

1. [nature-skills](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/yuan1z0825-nature-skills) (51,234 stars, +1,276 this week). 符合nature论文学术表达和科研绘图的Skill. [nature-skills on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/yuan1z0825-nature-skills) · [nature-skills alternatives](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/yuan1z0825-nature-skills)
2. [medical-research-skills](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/aipoch-medical-research-skills) (1,993 stars, +19 this week). A curated library of 550+ medical research agent skills created by AIPOCH, designed to work with Claude Code, Codex, and other… [medical-research-skills on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/aipoch-medical-research-skills) · [medical-research-skills alternatives](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/aipoch-medical-research-skills)
3. [yushui2022-mathmodel-skill](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/yushui2022-mathmodel-skill) (456 stars, +3 this week). Agent-native mathematical modeling workflow skills for Trae, Claude Code, and Codex, covering problem parsing, modeling, code generation… [yushui2022-mathmodel-skill on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/yushui2022-mathmodel-skill)
4. [paper-search-pro](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/o0000-code-paper-search-pro) (217 stars, +12 this week). Academic literature discovery as a Skill. [paper-search-pro on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/o0000-code-paper-search-pro)
5. [joshua-zyy-academic-paper-writer](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/joshua-zyy-academic-paper-writer) (115 stars). 面向 CS / AI / ML 领域的证据驱动、分节推进的论文写作 Agent Skill。. [joshua-zyy-academic-paper-writer on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/joshua-zyy-academic-paper-writer)
6. [night-owl-research-agent](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/grind-lab-core-night-owl-research-agent) (107 stars). A fully automatic, domain-aware AI research agent for Geoscientists, Remote Sensing researchers, and GIScientists — powered entirely by… [night-owl-research-agent on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/grind-lab-core-night-owl-research-agent)
7. [k-dense-ai-scientific-agent-skills](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/k-dense-ai-claude-scientific-skills) (54,934 stars, +1,474 this week). 🔔 Claude Scientific Skills is now Scientific Agent Skills. [k-dense-ai-scientific-agent-skills on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/k-dense-ai-claude-scientific-skills) · [k-dense-ai-scientific-agent-skills alternatives](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/k-dense-ai-claude-scientific-skills)
8. [openkb](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/vectifyai-openkb) (4,810 stars, +31 this week). Scale to long documents • Reasoning-based retrieval • Native multi-modality • No Vector DB 📢 Recent Updates Google Open Knowledge Format… [openkb on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/vectifyai-openkb) · [openkb alternatives](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/vectifyai-openkb)
9. [ddgs](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/deedy5-ddgs) (3,031 stars, +14 this week). A metasearch library that aggregates results from diverse web search services. [ddgs on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/deedy5-ddgs) · [ddgs alternatives](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/deedy5-ddgs)
10. [deep-research-skills](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/weizhena-deep-research-skills) (2,431 stars, +37 this week). If you find this project helpful, please give it a star! [deep-research-skills on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/weizhena-deep-research-skills) · [deep-research-skills alternatives](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/weizhena-deep-research-skills)
11. [nvk-llm-wiki](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/nvk-llm-wiki) (1,465 stars, +34 this week). LLM-compiled knowledge bases for any AI agent. [nvk-llm-wiki on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/nvk-llm-wiki) · [nvk-llm-wiki alternatives](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/nvk-llm-wiki)
12. [news-aggregator-skill](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/cclank-news-aggregator-skill) (1,315 stars, +6 this week). 全网科技/金融/AI深度新闻聚合助手，专为智能 Agent 打造的高效信息引擎。. [news-aggregator-skill on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/cclank-news-aggregator-skill) · [news-aggregator-skill alternatives](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/cclank-news-aggregator-skill)

## Questions about academic-research-skills alternatives

### What is the best alternative to academic-research-skills?

nature-skills is the first of 12 alternatives to academic-research-skills by shared technologies: it has 51,234 stars (behind academic-research-skills), gained 1,276 stars this week and ships 24 skills, which academic-research-skills does not.

### Which academic-research-skills alternative has the most skills?

k-dense-ai-scientific-agent-skills has the most, with 177 skills of the 12 alternatives listed.

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