Catch fake, broken, mismatched, and incomplete citations before the document leaves your desk.
Paste a reference list. Citation Risk checks whether each reference appears to exist and whether key metadata matches public bibliographic records.
No card. No paper upload. No AI detector guessing.
A formatted citation can still be fake.
A 2026 Lancet study of biomedical papers found the rate of papers containing fabricated references rose from roughly 1 in 2,828 in 2023 to 1 in 277 in early 2026.
That is why citation checking needs to happen before submission.
AI-generated and AI-assisted writing has made reference lists harder to trust. A citation can look professional, follow the correct style, and still point to a fake, mismatched, incomplete, or unverifiable source.
Bad references can damage trust in your work and your name.
If a citation problem reaches a client, examiner, reviewer, or platform, it becomes harder to explain.
A DOI may resolve, but the year, title, author, or source details may still be wrong.
Many citation problems are invisible during a quick manual scan.
Check messy reference lists, AI-assisted drafts, and suspicious bibliographies before delivery. Use clear verdicts to focus review time where it matters.
Students often bring incomplete, AI-generated, or unreliable references. Citation Risk gives you a quick first-pass audit so you can guide corrections with confidence.
Paste suspicious citations or reference lists and catch fake, mismatched, incomplete, or unverifiable sources before they become your problem.
No full paper upload required.
Add citations, reference lists, or citation-containing text.
Citation Risk checks public bibliographic records and compares available metadata.
Each citation receives a clear verdict, with an audit trail showing what matched, conflicted, or needs review.
Use the results to correct weak, wrong, or unverifiable citations before the document leaves your desk.
The source appears to exist and key metadata matches.
A likely source was found, but supplied details do not match the public record.
No reliable matching source was found. This does not prove the source does not exist anywhere.
Possible match or ambiguity needs human checking.
Not enough citation data was supplied for reliable verification.
A lookup source was unavailable or limited, so the result should be reviewed.
Citation Risk checks whether references appear to exist and whether comparable metadata matches public bibliographic records, including title, author, year, venue, and DOI/source link where available.
Trust boundary: Citation Risk checks citation existence and bibliographic metadata accuracy. It does not prove that a source supports a claim.
Citation Risk does not try to guess who wrote the text. It does not format citations into APA or MLA. It checks whether references appear to exist and whether their metadata matches the public record.
A formatted citation can still be fake.
A related source is not a verified citation.
A real source can still be a wrong citation.
Access is currently open. Check up to 50 references for free.
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Currently being tested with real bibliographies across academic, editorial, and AI-assisted writing workflows.
No. Citation Risk checks citation existence and bibliographic metadata accuracy. It does not assess whether the source supports the surrounding argument.
Verified means a matching bibliographic record was found and comparable metadata appears consistent.
Review means a possible source match was found, but some metadata needs manual confirmation before treating the citation as verified.
Mismatch means a source record may exist, but one or more supplied citation details conflict with available metadata, such as year, author, venue, title, or DOI/source link.
Not Found means no reliable matching source record was found in the checked sources. It does not prove the source does not exist anywhere.
Incomplete means the citation lacks enough information to verify reliably.
Lookup Limited means the checker could not complete enough external lookup to give a confident verdict. This can happen due to temporary source availability. Try again later or verify the citation manually.
No. Citation Risk works from pasted citations, reference lists, or citation-containing text.
No. Citation Risk is not a citation generator or formatter. It checks citation risk before users trust or polish the reference.