referenceaudit.org
Audit your referenceswith confidence.
Upload any document and instantly verify whether every reference exists, matches the claim, and preserves the original meaning.
Built for students · researchers · journals · professionals
How it works
Upload your document, we verify every reference, and you get a clear integrity report.
Upload your PDF
PDFs only for now — we'll extract your references automatically.
We verify every reference
We check existence, match claims to sources, and measure alignment.
Get your integrity report
Receive a reference-by-reference report with scores and explanations.
Reference Integrity Score™ (0–100)
A single number that summarizes how honestly and accurately a reference is being used in your document.
Perfectly matched & verified
The reference clearly supports the claim and matches the original context.
Minor interpretation drift
Mostly accurate but with small stretches or interpretation differences.
Weak or partial support
The reference is related but does not strongly support the specific claim.
Misleading or incorrect
The reference is misused, misquoted, or may not exist at all.
The score combines semantic similarity between your claim and the source text, citation reliability, contextual drift detection, and publication credibility into one interpretable metric.
How ReferenceAudit works
Three simple steps from upload to insight.
Built for people who can't afford bad citations
Students
Avoid accidental mis-citations and protect your grades.
Researchers
Safeguard your academic reputation and peer review outcomes.
Journals & Reviewers
Screen submissions for citation misuse before publication.
Legal & Policy Teams
Verify that cited evidence truly supports policy recommendations.
Medical Authors
Confirm that clinical claims match the underlying studies.
See what a reference audit looks like
Every reference gets a score, a verdict, and a plain-language explanation of what's going on.
Claim in your document:
"Prior work has already shown a strong causal link between sleep deprivation and reduced diagnostic accuracy."
Matched source excerpt:
"… clinicians who slept fewer than 4 hours before shift showed a statistically significant decrease in diagnostic accuracy across multiple case types…"
Integrity score
94 / 100
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as plagiarism detection?
No. Plagiarism tools look for copy-paste similarity. ReferenceAudit verifies whether your citations truly support what you are claiming.
Which document types are supported?
PDFs only for now. Support for more formats is coming soon.
Which languages are supported?
We currently support English documents only. Support for other languages is coming soon.
Do you store my documents?
Documents are processed securely. You can choose to have your files deleted after analysis. We never resell your data.
If your work deserves trust, prove it.
Run a reference audit before your supervisor, reviewers, or readers do.
Get in touch
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