Spot invented combinations
A real author and a real journal can still be assembled into a nonexistent paper. Metadata matching looks for the specific work.
AI citation checker
Review AI-generated references before they enter your paper
AI writing tools can produce polished references whose authors, titles, journals, or DOIs do not belong together. Check each citation against scholarly records before you rely on it.
This checks references, not whether the surrounding essay was written by AI. It does not help conceal AI use or bypass university rules.
What the checker gives you
Catch DOI conflicts
A resolvable DOI that points to a different title or year is surfaced for review rather than treated as an automatic pass.
Keep human judgment
Uncertain and not-found results include limitations so you can investigate instead of making an unsupported accusation.
A review workflow you can inspect
Collect AI-suggested sources
Copy the references exactly as provided, including DOI values and years where available.
Run the reference check
The service searches responding scholarly databases and scores the closest bibliographic evidence.
Replace or correct carefully
Open the source record, verify that it supports the claim, and cite the version you actually read.
What a result does — and does not — mean
- A database match establishes that a record exists; it does not establish that the source supports your sentence.
- A missing match can reflect indexing gaps, incomplete citation text, or a genuine but obscure source.
- Follow your institution's disclosure, authorship, and permitted-use rules for AI-assisted work.
Questions before you check
Is this the same as an AI text detector?+
No. It does not estimate whether prose was AI-written. It checks whether references correspond to scholarly metadata.
Can it guarantee that a citation is not hallucinated?+
No tool can guarantee complete database coverage. A strong match provides inspectable evidence; a missing match is a prompt for further review.
What should I do with a matched source?+
Open it, read the relevant work, confirm it supports the claim, and format the citation using the style your course or journal requires.