Does it rewrite my reference list automatically?

No. Suggestions are advisory only: each candidate shows the verbatim evidence sentence so you can confirm it supports your argument before swapping it in.

What if I only pasted a reference list?

If no citing sentence can be located, LitSource asks you to paste the sentence the citation was meant to support, then searches from that claim.

What does a suggestion cost?

One credit per completed suggestion run, charged only when real candidates are found. Searches that return nothing qualified cost nothing.

Research workflow tool

Fix Fake Citations

When a citation cannot be verified, find real replacement papers whose sentences verbatim-support your claim — with evidence quotes, stance labels, and formatted citations.

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Claim-aware replacement

When your pasted manuscript uses numbered markers like [12], LitSource locates the exact sentence that citation was meant to support and searches for papers that support that sentence — not just the fake title.

Verbatim evidence sentences

Every suggestion ships with the exact sentence from the candidate paper that supports your claim, plus a support/partial stance label and confidence score.

Verified real records only

Candidates are checked against PubMed records before display and formatted as copy-ready citations with PMID and DOI. Nothing is rewritten automatically.

Preview

Verify a bibliography, then replace unverifiable citations with real papers that support your claim.

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What it does

Claim-aware replacement

Next step

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Capabilities

Move from a claim to traceable sources with less friction

Find supporting literature, inspect source details, and continue with the right research workflow.

Claim-aware replacement

Verbatim evidence sentences

Every suggestion ships with the exact sentence from the candidate paper that supports your claim, plus a support/partial stance label and confidence score.

Verified real records only

Candidates are checked against PubMed records before display and formatted as copy-ready citations with PMID and DOI. Nothing is rewritten automatically.

Use cases

How people use it

Use LitSource when you already know which claim, citation, or reference list you need to investigate.

Repair AI-hallucinated references

Replace fabricated citations from ChatGPT or other assistants with real papers that actually support the sentence you wrote.

Fix wrong citations before resubmission

When a reviewer flags a citation that does not support your claim, find a real source that does.

Clean bibliographies from agents

Research agents and MCP clients can send a claim and receive verified replacement candidates programmatically.

FAQ

Questions before you start

Review common questions before searching for sources or checking citations.

Related workflows

Continue with nearby research checks

Move between source discovery and citation verification workflows without returning to the home page.

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