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+name: Quality Check
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  quality-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.x'
+
+    - name: Run Quality Check
+      id: quality_check
+      run: |
+        python ./scripts/check_quality.py
+
+    - name: Upload Quality Check Summary as Artifact
+      if: always()
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: check-quality-summary
+        path: ./check_quality_summary.txt
+
+    - name: Fail on Errors
+      if: steps.quality_check.outcome == 'failure'
+      run: |
+        echo "Quality check failed due to errors."
+        exit 1
+
diff --git a/scripts/check_quality.py b/scripts/check_quality.py
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+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import itertools
+import csv
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+# Path to the journals folder (change this path accordingly)
+JOURNALS_FOLDER_PATH = "./journals/"
+SUMMARY_FILE_PATH = "./check_quality_summary.txt"
+
+class QualityChecker:
+    def __init__(self):
+        # Use defaultdict to avoid key existence checks
+        self.error_counts = defaultdict(int)
+        self.warning_counts = defaultdict(int)
+        # Store issues by file for more efficient grouping
+        self.issues_by_file = defaultdict(lambda: {'errors': [], 'warnings': []})
+        
+    def error(self, filepath, message, error_type):
+        self.error_counts[error_type] += 1
+        # Remove filepath from message if it's included
+        message = message.replace(f"in {filepath} ", "")
+        full_message = f"{error_type}: {message}"
+        self.issues_by_file[filepath]['errors'].append(full_message)
+
+    def warning(self, filepath, message, warning_type):
+        self.warning_counts[warning_type] += 1
+        # Remove filepath from message if it's included
+        message = message.replace(f"in {filepath} ", "")
+        full_message = f"{warning_type}: {message}"
+        self.issues_by_file[filepath]['warnings'].append(full_message)
+
+    def write_summary(self, summary_lines):
+        # Write to file in a single operation
+        with open(SUMMARY_FILE_PATH, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as summary_file:
+            summary_file.writelines(summary_lines)
+
+        # Print to console in chunks
+        for line in summary_lines:
+            print(line, end='')
+
+        # Write to GitHub Actions summary if available
+        github_summary_path = os.getenv('GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY')
+        if github_summary_path:
+            with open(github_summary_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as summary_file:
+                summary_file.writelines(summary_lines)
+
+    def check_non_utf8_characters(self, filepath, rows):
+        for line_number, row in enumerate(rows, start=1):
+            try:
+                str(row).encode('utf-8')
+            except UnicodeEncodeError as e:
+                self.error(
+                    filepath, 
+                    f"at line {line_number}: {e}",
+                    'ERROR Non-UTF8'
+                )
+
+    def check_wrong_escape(self, filepath, rows):
+        valid_escapes = {'\\', '\n', '\t', '\r', '\"'}
+        for line_number, row in enumerate(rows, start=1):
+            for field in row:
+                matches = re.findall(r"\\.", field)
+                for match in matches:
+                    if match not in valid_escapes:
+                        self.error(
+                            filepath,
+                            f"at line {line_number}: {field}",
+                            'ERROR Wrong Escape'
+                        )
+
+    def check_wrong_beginning_letters(self, filepath, rows):
+        # Words that are typically ignored when creating abbreviations
+        ignore_words = {
+            'a', 'an', 'and', 'the', 'of', 'or', 'in', 'on', 'at', 'to', 'for', 'with', 'by', 
+            'la', 'el', 'le', 'et', 'der', 'die', 'das', 'dem', 'und', 'für'
+        }
+        
+        # Special cases for abbreviations
+        special_cases = {
+            'proceedings': ['p', 'proc'],
+            'or': ['or'],
+            'spie': ['spie'],
+            'notes': ['notes']
+        }
+
+        def clean_text(text):
+            cleaned = re.sub(r'[^\w\s\.]', ' ', text)
+            return ' '.join(filter(None, cleaned.lower().split()))
+
+        def split_compound_abbrev(abbrev):
+            parts = []
+            for part in abbrev.split():
+                subparts = [sp for sp in re.split(r'(?<=\.)(?=[^\.])', part) if sp]
+                parts.extend(subparts)
+            return parts
+
+        def get_significant_words(text):
+            return [w for w in clean_text(text).split() if w.lower() not in ignore_words]
+
+        def is_compound_word_match(full_word, abbrev_part):
+            if '.' in abbrev_part:
+                abbrev_subparts = abbrev_part.split('.')
+                word_start = full_word[:len(abbrev_subparts[0])]
+                
+                if len(abbrev_subparts) > 1 and abbrev_subparts[1]:
+                    remaining_word = full_word[len(abbrev_subparts[0]):]
+                    return (word_start.lower() == abbrev_subparts[0].lower() and 
+                           abbrev_subparts[1].lower() in remaining_word.lower())
+                
+                return word_start.lower() == abbrev_subparts[0].lower()
+            return False
+
+        def is_valid_abbreviation(full_name, abbrev):
+            full_words = get_significant_words(full_name)
+            abbrev_parts = split_compound_abbrev(clean_text(abbrev))
+            
+            if clean_text(full_name) == clean_text(abbrev):
+                return True
+
+            for special_word, valid_abbrevs in special_cases.items():
+                if special_word in full_words:
+                    if any(va in abbrev_parts for va in valid_abbrevs):
+                        return True
+
+            matched_parts = 0
+            used_full_words = set()
+            
+            for abbrev_part in abbrev_parts:
+                found_match = False
+                
+                for i, full_word in enumerate(full_words):
+                    if i in used_full_words:
+                        continue
+                    
+                    if is_compound_word_match(full_word, abbrev_part):
+                        found_match = True
+                        matched_parts += 1
+                        used_full_words.add(i)
+                        break
+                    
+                    elif (full_word.lower().startswith(abbrev_part.lower()) or
+                          (len(abbrev_part) >= 2 and abbrev_part[0].lower() == full_word[0].lower())):
+                        found_match = True
+                        matched_parts += 1
+                        used_full_words.add(i)
+                        break
+
+            min_required_matches = max(1, len(abbrev_parts) * 0.5)
+            return matched_parts >= min_required_matches
+
+        for line_number, row in enumerate(rows, start=1):
+            if len(row) >= 2:
+                full_name = row[0].strip()
+                abbreviation = row[1].strip()
+                
+                if not is_valid_abbreviation(full_name, abbreviation):
+                    self.error(
+                        filepath,
+                        f"at line {line_number} Full: '{full_name}', Abbr: '{abbreviation}'",
+                        'ERROR Wrong Abbreviation'
+                    )
+
+    def check_duplicates(self, filepath, rows):
+        full_name_entries = {}
+        abbreviation_entries = {}
+
+        for line_number, row in enumerate(rows, start=1):
+            if len(row) < 2:
+                continue
+
+            full_name = row[0].strip()
+            abbreviation = row[1].strip()
+            
+            if full_name in full_name_entries or abbreviation in abbreviation_entries:
+                self.warning(
+                    filepath,
+                    f"at line {line_number} Full: '{full_name}', Abbr: '{abbreviation}', first seen in line {full_name_entries.get(full_name) or abbreviation_entries.get(abbreviation)}",
+                    'WARN Duplicate FullName/Abbreviation'
+                )
+            else:
+                full_name_entries[full_name] = line_number
+                abbreviation_entries[abbreviation] = line_number
+
+    def check_full_form_identical_to_abbreviation(self, filepath, rows):
+        for line_number, row in enumerate(rows, start=1):
+            if len(row) == 2 and row[0].strip() == row[1].strip() and ' ' in row[0].strip():
+                self.warning(
+                    filepath,
+                    f"at line {line_number}: {row[0]}",
+                    'WARN Same Abbrev. as Full Name'
+                )
+
+    def check_outdated_abbreviations(self, filepath, rows):
+        for line_number, row in enumerate(rows, start=1):
+            if "Manage." in row and "Manag." not in row:
+                self.warning(
+                    filepath,
+                    f"at line {line_number}: {','.join(row)}",
+                    'WARN Outdated Manage Abbreviation'
+                )
+
+    def perform_checks(self, filepath, rows):
+        self.check_non_utf8_characters(filepath, rows)
+        self.check_wrong_escape(filepath, rows)
+        self.check_wrong_beginning_letters(filepath, rows)
+        self.check_duplicates(filepath, rows)
+        self.check_full_form_identical_to_abbreviation(filepath, rows)
+        self.check_outdated_abbreviations(filepath, rows)
+
+    def generate_summary(self):
+        total_issues = sum(self.error_counts.values()) + sum(self.warning_counts.values())
+        
+        # Pre-allocate list with estimated size
+        summary_lines = []
+        summary_lines.extend([
+            "# Quality Check Summary Report\n",
+            "| Status        | Count |\n",
+            "| ------------- | ----- |\n",
+            f"| 🔍 Total Issues      | {total_issues}   |\n",
+            f"| ❌ Errors Found      | {sum(self.error_counts.values())}    |\n",
+            f"| ⚠️ Warnings Found    | {sum(self.warning_counts.values())}   |\n\n"
+        ])
+
+        # Add detailed error/warning counts
+        if self.error_counts:
+            summary_lines.append("## Error Counts\n")
+            for error_type, count in sorted(self.error_counts.items()):
+                summary_lines.append(f"- {error_type}: {count}\n")
+            summary_lines.append("\n")
+
+        if self.warning_counts:
+            summary_lines.append("## Warning Counts\n")
+            for warning_type, count in sorted(self.warning_counts.items()):
+                summary_lines.append(f"- {warning_type}: {count}\n")
+            summary_lines.append("\n")
+
+        if self.issues_by_file:
+            summary_lines.append("## Issues per Input File\n\n")
+            for filepath, issues in sorted(self.issues_by_file.items()):
+                summary_lines.append(f"### Issues in file `{filepath}`\n")
+                if issues['errors']:
+                    summary_lines.append("#### Errors:\n")
+                    summary_lines.extend(f"- {err}\n" for err in sorted(issues['errors']))
+                
+                if issues['warnings']:
+                    summary_lines.append("#### Warnings:\n")
+                    summary_lines.extend(f"- {warn}\n" for warn in sorted(issues['warnings']))
+                
+                summary_lines.append("\n")
+        else:
+            summary_lines.append("Quality check completed with no errors or warnings.\n")
+
+        return summary_lines
+def main():
+    if not os.path.exists(JOURNALS_FOLDER_PATH):
+        print("Journals folder not found. Please make sure the path is correct.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    checker = QualityChecker()
+    
+    # Process all files
+    for filename in os.listdir(JOURNALS_FOLDER_PATH):
+        if filename.endswith(".csv"):
+            filepath = os.path.join(JOURNALS_FOLDER_PATH, filename)
+            try:
+                with open(filepath, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                    rows = list(csv.reader(f))
+                    checker.perform_checks(filepath, rows)
+            except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
+                checker.error(filepath, f"File contains non-UTF8 characters: {e}", 'ERROR Non-UTF8')
+
+    # Generate and write summary
+    summary_lines = checker.generate_summary()
+    checker.write_summary(summary_lines)
+    
+    # Exit with appropriate code
+    sys.exit(1 if sum(checker.error_counts.values()) > 0 else 0)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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