CiteTrue Citation Checker is a free AI-powered tool that verifies academic references against authoritative databases such as Crossref, PubMed, arXiv, and Google Scholar. It helps researchers, students, and editors catch fabricated or AI-hallucinated citations before submission or review.
Key Features:
- Multi-Database Verification — Cross-references citations with leading academic sources including IEEE, Springer, Elsevier, and OpenAlex.
- Field-by-Field Checking — Validates title, authors, year, DOI, venue, volume, and pages separately to catch subtle errors.
- AI-Hallucination Detection — Flags references generated by AI models like GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 that do not exist.
- Confidence Scoring — Generates a proprietary score indicating how likely each citation is authentic.
- Batch Processing — Verifies dozens or hundreds of citations in a single click.
