Verify academic references instantly.
Don't skip reference checks for yourself or your students: Let the best available tool do the job.
31–45% of ChatGPT citations are wrong.[1]
Co-developed with faculty
How it works
Step 1
Copy and paste
Paste the whole reference list at once without thinking about formatting or accidentally including page numbers.
Step 2
Choose strictness
Do you want to find every typo? High strictness. Do you want to reduce noise and focus on the really problematic citations? Medium strictness. Your choice!
Step 3
Run algorithm
BibSafe recognizes your input automatically and compares it to more than 250 million sources in various databases.
Step 4
Try secret sauce
BibSafe takes over the detective work and searches the web for you. This way, you are not stuck with a list of false negatives and tedious Google searches.
Turn results into actions
See example results below 👇
Byron, K., Khazanchi, S., & Nazarian, D. (2010). The relationship between stressors and creativity: A meta-analysis examining competing theoretical models. The Journal of applied psychology, 95(1), 201–212.
Validity: High (95%)
Validated via OpenAlex: matched core fields (title, authors, year) and 3 others (volume, issue, pages).
Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (1985). The general causality orientations scale: Self determination in personality. Journal of Research in Personality, 19(2), 109–134.
Validity: High (100%)
Validated via OpenAlex: matched core fields (title, authors, year) and 4 others (containerTitle, volume, issue, pages).
Grajzel, K., Acar, S., & Singer, G. (2023). Creativity in context. New York: Routledge.
Validity: Low (42%)
Title found in Crossref but authors/year did not match.
Finished after 00:27 min (00:05 min parsing, 00:22 min verifying)
Why BibSafe
Integrity should not depend on detective work.
BibSafe finds unreliable citations automatically with precise checks for every reference list.
Manual lookups take forever
Match every reference against trusted scholarly indexes in seconds, directly inside your review workflow.
Reliable AI Detection
BibSafe flags low-validity entries and hallucinated citations, letting you focus on what needs attention first.
Direct Source Links
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