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Precision citation intelligence for rigorous manuscripts
Eliminate phantom citations, verify empirical assertions, and protect your academic reputation before peer review.
Real-Time CrossRef & Semantic Scholar Resolution
Instantly match every in-text citation and bibliography entry against 150M+ verified academic records. Auto-complete missing DOIs, fix truncated author lists, and standardize metadata in milliseconds.
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Ensure quantitative assertions and causal statements match the cited literature. CitePilot extracts empirical claims, cross-references underlying datasets, and flags discrepancy risks before peer reviewers catch them.
Retraction Watch Alerts & Journal Integrity Scoring
Protect research credibility with continuous scanning against the Retraction Watch database, predatory publisher registries, and stale citation models. Receive alerts when cited works are contested or withdrawn.
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One pipeline, four stages — from a raw document to an annotated, citation-by-citation report.
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Word or PDF, any length. CitePilot parses structure, footnotes and your reference list automatically.
Citations get extracted
Every in-text citation is matched to its entry in your reference list, in whichever style you wrote it in.
Sources get verified
Each reference is checked against Crossref metadata, and retracted sources are flagged automatically.
Review, annotated
Get your manuscript back with every issue marked in place, and a plain-language note for each.
Write in the style your field expects
CitePilot's style engine understands the formatting conventions and punctuation rules of nine citation styles, so it flags real errors — not just stylistic variation.
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Scale citation integrity across your entire campus. Empower faculty, graduate researchers, and academic departments with automated Retraction Watch feeds, centralized administrative consoles, and single sign-on.
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Verified resolution across CrossRef, PubMed, OpenAlex, and 150M+ DOIs.
Average faculty time saved per manuscript during audit & bibliography checks.
Instant alerts on any retracted or contested study across 55,000+ registered entries.
Continuous corpus synchronization across 200+ scientific and humanities disciplines.
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From PhD students to senior journal editors, researchers trust CitePilot before every submission.
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- All 9 citation style checks
- Up to 5,000 words & 100 references
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Built for students writing theses and dissertations.
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