Check if your citations are real

Compare references with publication records. See what matches, what needs attention and the evidence behind it.

Check if your citations are real

Compare references with publication records. See what matches, what needs attention and the evidence behind it.

What it checks:

Check whether a reference matches a real publication record
Metadata conflict review (title, authors, year, journal, DOI)
Available retraction evidence
Fake or AI-generated reference screening
APA, MLA and Chicago suggestions when a record is found
Batch and bibliography checks

TrueCitation is a citation and source verification tool: it checks whether references are real by matching them against Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, PubMed and DataCite records, and flags metadata conflicts and available retraction notices. The first single check each day is free without an account; new accounts get 3 free checks. Enable JavaScript to run a check.