A Validated Research Tool for Your AI

Validate academic citations against Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex and CrossRef. Catch hallucinated references.

SETUP TIME

5 min

SKILL LEVEL

beginner

COST TO RUN

Free. Validates against Semantic Scholar (free API), OpenAlex (free), and CrossRef (free public API). No subscription or rate limits for typical research use.

SAFETY SCORE

89/100

A DAY WITH THIS

It is 2pm. You're writing a literature review in Claude and paste in five citations from your draft. The Citation Validator runs them against Semantic Scholar and CrossRef in seconds, flagging two as misattributed and suggesting the correct papers. You fix them before submitting to your advisor.

TRY THIS FIRST

Validate three academic citations
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FOR BEGINNERS

No setup beyond connecting the MCP — paste citations and Claude handles the validation calls automatically

SAFETY STATUS

Safety score89/100

✓URL reputation checked

✓Prompt injection screened

✓Malicious code scan

✓Re-scanned every 6h

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