Citation Quality Assurance

Citations that stay consistent.

Match every in-text citation to your reference list, pinpoint mismatches, and fix referencing style issues—before submission.

No credit card. Works for theses and manuscripts.

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Recent studies indicate a shift in methodology (Chen, 2019). However, discrepancies remain in the longitudinal data (Miller & Davis, 2021).

Analysis
Matched
42 citations
Mismatches
2 issues
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The mistakes that cost you time.

Citation errors aren't dramatic. They're quiet. Small mismatches that survive revisions, coauthor merges, and deadline stress. CiteOrbit finds them instantly.

Don't fail the first filter

Editorial screening is fast. If citations look inconsistent, your submission can be desk rejected instantly.

Status: Returned
Formatting Error

3 citations missing from bibliography.

See what editors catch

Revisions create ghosts

Citations without references. References without citations. CiteOrbit finds both instantly.

(Doe, 2023)
References
Orphaned
Show ghost references

One digit breaks the trail

A '2019a' vs '2019b' mismatch or a single-letter author spelling drift can quietly undermine traceability.

(Smith, 2019a)
Suggestion:(Smith, 2019b)
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Coauthor merge chaos

Multiple authors means multiple habits: different styles, inconsistencies and duplicates appear after merges. CiteOrbit flags them fast.

Bibliography Duplicate
Smith, J., & Lee, K. (2020).
Neural architectures for... Nature... doi:10...
Smith, John; Lee, K. (2020).
Neural architectures for... Nature... doi:10...
See merge issues

Cognitive load

After weeks of revision, your eyes read what they expect. CiteOrbit handles the mechanical verification.

The results shown by (Miller et al) suggesting that...

Why errors survive

Final 48 hours.

With 200 references, manual checking is a time sink. Turn the final pass into a clear report.

Est. time
2 mins
Run a final check

CiteOrbit turns citation integrity into a repeatable step—like spellcheck, but for references.

Workflow

From draft to done in seconds.

Upload or paste

Drop a DOCX/PDF or paste text. CiteOrbit extracts citations and references instantly.

Match & detect

We build a graph connecting every in-text citation to your bibliography entries.

Fix with precision

Jump to the exact line. Apply suggested corrections. Export a clean report.

In-text ↔ reference list matching

Every author and year accounted for—both directions. We construct a bidirectional graph of your manuscript to ensure total consistency.

(Smith, 2020)
Smith, J. (2020). The Future...

Missing references

Catch citations that don't exist in your bibliography.

(Doe, 2023)
No match found

Unused references

Remove entries that never appear in the body.

Style warnings

Common referencing issues—spotted and explained.

...found in Veirman, Cauberghe and Hudders
Replace with: et al.

Locate precisely

Go directly to where the mismatch occurs.

Privacy-first

Your manuscript stays yours. Built for academic trust.

See every citation issue—exactly where it happens.

Recent advancements in natural language processing have enabled more accurate automated text analysis. While earlier models struggled with context (Chen, 2019), modern transformers leverage attention mechanisms to capture long-range dependencies effectively.

However, applying these models to scholarly citations presents unique challenges. As noted by(Miller, Davis & Lee, 2021), formatting inconsistencies are rampant in pre-print databases. Furthermore, missing metadata often leads to hallucinations(Unknown, 2018).

Detected Issues

Year mismatch
(Chen, 2019)
Incorrect et al.
(Miller, Davis & Lee, 2021)
Missing reference
(Unknown, 2018)

Simple, transparent pricing.

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  • 1 demo document
  • Basic match check
  • Missing/unused detection
  • No export
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€12/mo

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  • Unlimited checks
  • Full issue details
  • Export PDF/CSV reports
  • Style guide pack (APA, MLA, etc.)

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Discounts available for students, universities, and writing centers.

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Your questions, answered.

Currently we support APA (6 & 7), MLA, Chicago, and Harvard. We are actively adding support for IEEE and Vancouver styles.

No. Your document is processed in memory and discarded immediately after the report is generated. We prioritize academic privacy.

Yes, CiteOrbit accepts .docx and text-based .pdf files. For best results with complex formatting, we recommend .docx.

We parse the text to identify citation patterns (e.g., '(Name, Year)') and compare them against a structured parse of your reference list, allowing for fuzzy matching on minor typos.

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