CiteCheck Lite

Verify if academic citations are real or AI-hallucinated.

Tired of fake citations from ChatGPT? CiteCheck Lite lets you verify academic references in seconds. Paste a citation into the popup or highlight one on any webpage, right-click, and select "Verify Citation." CiteCheck searches OpenAlex and Google Books to find a match, then tells you if the citation looks real. How it works: • Extracts the title, year, and author from your citation • Searches OpenAlex (200M+ academic works) and Google Books • Uses fuzzy matching to handle different editions and formats • Returns a clear verdict: Verified, Suspicious, or Unverifiable Verdicts explained: • Verified — Found a strong match with high confidence • Suspicious — Something was found, but the match is weak • Unverifiable — Not found in our databases (doesn't mean it's fake — just that we couldn't confirm it) When a citation can't be verified, CiteCheck provides direct links to Google Scholar and Google Search so you can investigate further. Works with common citation formats including APA, Chicago, Harvard, and more. Handles books, journal articles, book chapters, edited volumes, and dissertations. Free to use. No account required. No data is collected or stored.