How does Citely detect fake citations?

Citely compares each reference against large scholarly indexes, then looks for signals such as DOIs that do not resolve, titles that belong to a different author or year, and journal names that do not exist. References that no database can confirm are flagged as unverifiable so you can decide what to do with them.

Which academic databases does Citely search?

It draws on major academic indexes including CrossRef, PubMed, arXiv, and OpenAlex, which together span well over 160 million records.

Can Citely help me find sources for a claim?

Yes. The AI Source Finder takes a claim or paragraph and returns matching academic sources with verified metadata, so you can cite evidence rather than invent it.

What citation formats are supported?

Citation export is available in APA, MLA, and Chicago formats on paid tiers, and the checker is built to work with the reference styles researchers already use.

Is there a limit on how much text I can check at once?

Source Finder accepts up to 300 characters per query, and Verify References accepts up to 2,000 characters on the trial, monthly, and yearly plans and up to 4,000 characters on higher tiers.

Wie hoch sind der monatliche Traffic und der Wachstumstrend von Citely?

Citely erhält derzeit 62.271 monatliche Besuche bei einer Traffic-Veränderung von -4056 (-6,1 % Wachstumsrate) gegenüber dem Vormonat. Der wichtigste Quellmarkt ist Vereinigte Staaten (25,9 % Anteil), einschließlich 9641 direkte Besuche/Monat und — organische Suchbesuche/Monat.

Ist Citely kostenlos? Welches Preismodell hat es?

Citely arbeitet mit einem Preismodell „Freemium“. Citely uses a credit-based model with four published tiers: a $9 one-time trial, $19/month billed monthly, $14/month billed yearly, and a $347 one-time three-year Believer plan. Higher tiers raise the credit allowance, extend the character limit for reference verification from 2,000 to 4,000 characters, and add citation export in APA, MLA, and Chicago. Enterprise and larger credit bundles are available on request. Zu den unterstützten Abrechnungs- und Checkout-Plattformen gehören: nicht aufgeführt.

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Über Citely

AI Source Finder

Paste a claim or paragraph and Citely returns matching academic papers with verified metadata, ready to cite in APA, MLA, or Chicago style.

Citation & Reference Checker

Submit a reference list and Citely tests each entry against scholarly databases, marking entries that cannot be confirmed or that point to the wrong work.

AI Hallucination Detection

Citely targets the specific errors AI models make when inventing references, including chimera citations, invented DOIs, and citations that drift across years.

Multi-Database Verification

Checks run against CrossRef, PubMed, arXiv, and OpenAlex, so verification reflects real indexed scholarship rather than a single narrow database.

Citation Export

Export verified references in common academic styles so they drop straight into a manuscript or reference manager.

Citely is an academic citation tool that checks whether the references in a paper actually exist and point to the right work. You paste a reference list or a claim, and Citely cross-checks it against large scholarly indexes such as CrossRef, PubMed, arXiv, and OpenAlex, flagging fabricated DOIs, mismatched titles, and the hallucination patterns typical of AI-written references. It also works in reverse as a source finder: give it a claim and it returns real, citable papers with verified metadata in APA, MLA, or Chicago format.

Wirkungsvolle Anwendungsfälle für Citely

Student

Checking a bibliography before submission

Run an assigned reading list or bibliography through the reference checker to confirm every source exists before writing starts.

PhD researcher

Defending an AI-assisted literature review

Paste a literature review and catch unverifiable citations that would undermine a defense, then use the source finder to replace them.

Journal editor

Screening submissions for fabricated references

Screen submitted manuscripts for references that cannot be resolved, catching fabricated citations before peer review goes further.

Research librarian

Finding the original source behind a claim

Verify that every claim is backed by a resolvable source, and locate the original paper behind second-hand citations.

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