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Reference verification & citation formatting, checked across multiple scholarly databases. Welcome to the verification desk of Amitava Podder.

Paste a numbered reference list — up to roughly 10,000 words — and each entry is checked against three free, open scholarly indexes: Crossref, OpenAlex, and Semantic Scholar. Together they cover the vast majority of journal articles, conference papers, books, and DOIs that Google Scholar also draws from. Entries that still can't be verified are flagged, with real, checkable alternatives on the same topic suggested in their place.

Submission

0 / 10000 words

Findings

No. Reference as submitted Verdict Matched record

Citation Style Converter

Pick a style to re-cast every reference below. Verified entries are rebuilt from the matched record (author list, journal, volume, issue, pages, DOI) for accurate formatting. Unverified entries keep your original wording, since there's no confirmed structured data to rebuild them from — check those manually before relying on the converted version.

Entries numbered [1], [2], [3]… no blank lines between them.

Quick APA 7 Formatter

A separate, standalone tool — paste any reference(s) here (numbered or not) to see them instantly converted to APA 7th edition format. Author lists always collapse to "et al." for 3 or more authors, & for exactly two, and stay as-is for one — this applies whether or not a source database can confirm it. Each entry also gets ready-to-use in-text citation examples (parenthetical, narrative, and direct-quote form). This works independently of the verification workflow above: nothing here affects the Findings table, the style converter, or any downloads above.

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The Citation Ledger — reference verification & formatting tool.