The 30-second citation check before you submit

Do this for every reference AI helped you write.

1. Search the title on Google Scholar.
2. Resolve the DOI separately at doi.org. If it points to a different paper, stop.
3. Match author, year, and journal to the record.
4. Open the source. Find the exact line that supports your claim.
5. No supporting line? Cut the citation.

Steps 1 to 3 are now automated. Free tools - CiteTrue, SwanRef, Citely - check existence and metadata against CrossRef and PubMed in seconds.

Steps 4 and 5 are still manual. No tool reliably checks whether a real paper supports your specific claim. That is the error that gets papers rejected and retracted.

I am building a tool for steps 4 and 5. Early access, first 100 get a free audit of one paper:

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Open your sources. AI assists; you stay accountable.