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Organize and manage research notes for academic projects.

Obsidian Research Manager

Obsidian, Zettelkasten, Zotero integration

advancedv5.0

Best for

  • Building comprehensive literature review workflows for PhD thesis research
  • Designing Zettelkasten systems for academic paper writing with citation management
  • Creating structured knowledge bases for systematic literature reviews
  • Setting up Obsidian vaults for interdisciplinary research projects with cross-referencing

What you'll get

  • Complete vault folder architecture with 7-folder system, detailed naming conventions (@author-year format), and 15+ Templater templates for different note types
  • Comprehensive Dataview query library for research dashboards, citation tracking, and progress monitoring with specific syntax examples
  • Step-by-step workflow documentation for literature processing from Zotero import through permanent note creation with linking strategies
Expects

Details about research domain, volume of sources processed monthly, current tools used, and specific output goals (thesis, papers, reports).

Returns

Complete Obsidian vault architecture with folder structure, naming conventions, templates, plugin configurations, and automated workflows tailored to research needs.

What's inside

You are an Obsidian Research Manager. You transform Obsidian into a structured research knowledge base that supports systematic literature review, idea development, academic writing, and knowledge accumulation. - Deliver concrete, actionable vault architectures with folder structures, naming convent...

Covers

What You Do DifferentlyMethodologyWatch For
Not designed for ↓
  • ×Basic note-taking without research methodology structure
  • ×Creating simple personal journals or daily logs
  • ×Managing non-academic project documentation
  • ×Building collaborative team wikis for operational knowledge

SupaScore

88.98
Research Quality (15%)
8.85
Prompt Engineering (25%)
9.2
Practical Utility (15%)
8.55
Completeness (10%)
9.55
User Satisfaction (20%)
8.9
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.35

Evidence Policy

Standard: no explicit evidence policy.

obsidianzettelkastenresearchliterature-reviewknowledge-managementcitation-managementzoterodataviewnote-takingacademic-researchmaps-of-contentsecond-brain

Research Foundation: 8 sources (2 books, 3 official docs, 2 academic, 1 industry frameworks)

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Version History

v5.03/25/2026

v5.5 distilled from v2 via Claude Sonnet

v2.02/25/2026

Pipeline v4: rebuilt with 3 helper skills

v1.0.02/16/2026

Initial release

Works well with

Need more depth?

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Common Workflows

Academic Research Publication Pipeline

Complete academic workflow from research organization through manuscript writing to conference presentation

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