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Bibliography Health Check

Bibliography Health Check helps you triage a reference list quickly. Paste a bibliography (one reference per line) and the tool attempts to resolve each entry against public sources. It supports common identifiers including DOI, PMID, PMCID, arXiv, NCT (ClinicalTrials.gov), ISBN, and many URLs (and can also resolve IMDb movie references best-effort). Entries that resolve cleanly are marked VERIFIED; items that look retracted are flagged; anything uncertain is marked NEEDS REVIEW instead of guessing. When possible, the tool surfaces suggested DOI candidates to help you disambiguate ambiguous references. Always confirm details against the publisher or library record before submission.

Best results: one reference per line, or paste DOI/PMID/PMCID/ISBN/arXiv/NCT/IMDb/URL values. Unresolvable or uncertain items are marked NEEDS REVIEW.
Bibliography Health Check Report
Generated: 2/28/2026, 4:17:43 PM
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About

This tool is optimized for batch bibliography review. It helps you find references that are missing identifiers, ambiguous, or not found in the queried sources.

How it works

The tool treats each line as a reference and attempts to resolve it. When multiple close candidates are found, it stays conservative and marks the entry for review.

  • Batch line-by-line triage
  • DOI-first disambiguation when available
  • Conservative “needs review” output
Result interpretation

NEEDS REVIEW means a plausible match exists but confidence was not high enough to auto-verify safely. HALLUCINATED means nothing matching was found in the queried sources, not that the reference is necessarily fake.

Best practices

Prefer DOI/PMID/PMCID/arXiv/ISBN when possible. For ambiguous entries, add full title, journal/conference name, and year. Spot-check author order and year against the source record.

Related reading

How to audit a bibliography (pre-submission checklist)
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Batch triage: duplicates, missing identifiers, dead links, and retraction checks.
How to check if a paper was retracted or corrected
Insights
Retraction/correction quick pass + what to do next.
How to verify citations (fast checklist)
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A conservative workflow to confirm records and avoid overconfidence.
How to cite a film or movie
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A quick checklist for film metadata, versions, and stable identifiers.

FAQ

Is this different from Citation Verification?
Yes—this page is optimized for bibliography lists (batch triage). The underlying resolution logic is similar, but the workflow is “one reference per line”.
How do I cite a film or movie in a bibliography?
Treat films like other versioned sources: capture title, release year, director, and any version/distributor info for the cut you used. If you’re citing a streaming page, keep it as access info (and include an access date if required), but keep the film identity in the citation metadata.
Learn: how to cite a film or movie (checklist)
Does NEEDS REVIEW mean it is wrong?
Not necessarily. It means the tool found possible matches but can’t safely pick one. Add DOI or more metadata and verify manually.
What should I paste for best results?
One reference per line. If you have DOI/PMID/PMCID/arXiv/ISBN/URL values, paste those directly (one per line) for the most reliable resolution.

Integrity and privacy

Integrity
  • Designed for triage: unresolved or ambiguous items are marked for review rather than confidently guessed.
  • Retraction signals should be confirmed on the source record before making decisions.
Privacy
  • Inputs are sent to the API to compute results. Avoid pasting sensitive personal data.
  • For confidential work, paste only the reference lines needed for review.
Last updated: Jan 16, 2026
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