Academic Investigator
Claude Code plugin for unified academic investigation — researcher verification, lab assessment, and organization due diligence.
Installation
claude plugin add kyuwon-shim-ARL/academic-investigator
Features
- Researcher profiling — OpenAlex-based h-index, citations, impact tier, top papers, coauthor network
- Lab assessment — PI profile + lab grade (S/A/B/C/D) with confidence levels
- Organization due diligence — Key people profiling + institution search + red flag queries
- Conference speaker analysis — Batch analyze speakers from YAML config with industry/academic classification
- Red flag detection — 24 WebSearch query templates (person/org/lab)
- Bilingual output — Korean and English (60+ i18n keys)
Usage
As Claude Code Plugin (SKILL.md)
After installation, use the skill in Claude Code:
/academic-investigator "김철수" 서울대학교 생명과학부
As CLI
acad-inv profile "Jane Smith" -a "MIT" --lang en --format md
acad-inv lab "Smith Lab" --pi "Jane Smith" -a "MIT"
acad-inv org "BioTech Inc" --type startup --people "CEO Name"
acad-inv conference -c conference.yml
acad-inv red-flags "John Doe" --type person -a "Harvard"
As Python Library
from academic_investigator import quick_profile
result = quick_profile("Jane Smith", affiliation="MIT")
print(result["impact_tier"]["tier"]) # "Senior Leader"
Impact Tier System
| Tier | H-index | Description |
|---|
| Elite | 60+ | Top 1% — field-defining researcher |
| Senior Leader | 40-59 | Top 5% — highly influential |
| Established | 20-39 | Solid mid-career researcher |
| Mid-Career | 10-19 | Active and growing |
| Early Career | <10 | Emerging researcher |
Requirements
- Python >= 3.11
- OpenAlex API (free, email recommended for polite pool)
License
MIT
kyuwon-shim-ARL