Title and DOI agreement
RefVerify compares your pasted text with available metadata and marks anything that needs closer review.
RefVerify tool
Verify one reference before you submit.
Check whether a reference has matching scholarly metadata and identify missing DOI or citation details.
Try the tool
Run a limited free check
Paste one DOI or reference. Results appear only after you request a check.
What it checks
Reference checker for cleaner academic submissions
Use this page when you need a focused check before moving into a full project, batch history, or export workflow.
Author, year, venue, pages, and source clues
RefVerify compares your pasted text with available metadata and marks anything that needs closer review.
Confidence explanations for strong, weak, or unverified matches
RefVerify compares your pasted text with available metadata and marks anything that needs closer review.
How to use it
A simple workflow for reference checking
Paste the citation exactly as it appears in your bibliography. If you have a DOI, include it. If the DOI is missing, include as much title, author, year, journal, volume, issue, and page detail as possible.
- Start with one reference when you are unsure about a citation.
- Use batch verification for full bibliographies or editor review.
- Review weak matches manually before relying on the result.
01Paste the reference
Use the original citation text, including DOI if available.
02Check metadata
RefVerify queries configured scholarly metadata sources server-side.
03Read confidence
Look for title, DOI, source, author, and year agreement.
04Correct or approve
Use the full app to save, correct, approve, and export records.
When to use it
Useful before submission, review, or publication
Before assignment submission
Students can catch missing DOI details, title mistakes, and incomplete references before handing in a bibliography.
Before journal upload
Researchers can triage manuscript references and reduce metadata corrections during editorial checks.
During editing work
Editors can quickly identify references that deserve manual attention and keep evidence for clients or authors.
After AI-assisted drafting
Use RefVerify to check whether generated citations are traceable to real metadata instead of assuming they are valid.
Result guidance
What the labels mean
Strong match
Metadata signals are aligned enough for quick approval, although human review is still recommended.
Needs review
Some fields match, but there may be missing DOI data, title differences, source conflicts, or low confidence.
Unverified
The configured sources did not provide enough evidence. This does not automatically prove a citation is fake.
Responsible use
RefVerify is a citation hygiene and academic integrity support tool. It does not guarantee grades, publication acceptance, or institutional approval, and it should not be used to fabricate references.
Read integrity policyNext steps
Move from one check to a complete review
Batch verifier
Paste a full bibliography, preview splitting, verify all items, and export a clean report.
Open batch verifierPricing
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