Bibliography and citation usage

The Bibliography panel aggregates the .bib files in the project. Those files remain the source of truth, so LaTeX, Git, collaborators, and Kosmo work from the same references.

Add and import references

References can arrive from Deep Research, a DOI or arXiv lookup, a pasted BibTeX entry, or an imported .bib file. On desktop, connect Zotero and choose individual collections or the whole library. Kosmico writes tracked Zotero imports to project-owned BibTeX files and can refresh or clear them later.

Search, sort, group, and filter entries across the selected bibliography files. Editing an entry writes back to its source file. Verification checks identifiers and metadata; a resolvable DOI confirms identity, not whether the paper supports a claim.

Find where a reference is cited

Kosmico indexes real LaTeX cite-family commands across the project. An entry's usage indicator shows how many times the citation key occurs and in which .tex files. Open a location to jump to its first source line.

This project usage is separate from an external citation count. It answers “where do we cite this paper?” rather than “how many other papers cite it?” The index ignores \nocite because that command adds bibliography entries without an in-text citation.

If a citation key changes, update the LaTeX references as part of the same edit. Kosmo can find unsupported claims or propose a suitable source, but review the passage and paper before accepting the citation.

Use references across the project

Deep Research results can enter the bibliography without retyping metadata. Research Map citation cards can point to the same source identity. Paper explanation and review workflows resolve the paper before reading or writing artifacts.

Because the .bib files remain ordinary project files, you can export them, keep them under version control, or give them to a collaborator without converting a private database.