Citation Checker & Reference Audit Tool
Ensure every in-text citation maps accurately to your terminal bibliography. Prevent accidental referencing errors and uphold scholarly attribution across APA, MLA, Harvard, and Chicago styles.
What CiteRight Checks in Your References
Eliminate the most common citation errors that trigger supervisor corrections.
Orphan In-Text Citations
Identifies citations in your body paragraphs (e.g., Adeyemi, 2023) that do not have a matching entry in your final reference list.
Ghost References
Flags bibliographical entries listed in your references that were never cited or referenced in the body of your text.
Quotation Attribution
Ensures all direct quotes with quotation marks have an immediate adjacent author, year, and page reference to prevent similarity flags.
Citation Verification FAQs
What citation formats does CiteRight support?
CiteRight supports the major academic referencing styles, including APA (7th edition), MLA (9th edition), Harvard, and Chicago/Turabian author-date conventions.
What is citation plagiarism?
Citation plagiarism occurs when an author presents facts, data, or arguments from secondary sources without citing the original publication, or when an in-text citation does not correspond to a valid source in the bibliography.
Can CiteRight automatically generate a bibliography for me?
CiteRight is primarily an analysis and verification tool that audits existing manuscripts for citation completeness and text overlap. We highlight unmatched citations so you can correct them before submission.