Citation Integrity Platform

Manuscript integrity
at institutional scale

SmartCiter audits every citation in a manuscript before submission - detecting retracted sources, coverage gaps, format violations, and bias. Deployed institution-wide through email domain verification. No IT configuration required.

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Institution licensing from $60,000 / year  ·  Covers your entire email domain

SmartCiter - Citation Audit
72 Score
Citation Quality
Coverage
Format Compliance
Retraction Check
Self-Citation Bias
Critical
Reference #14 (Chen et al., 2019) retracted by NEJM March 2022. Remove before submission.
Major
3 foundational CRISPR papers missing from literature review. Coverage gap detected.
Passed
38 DOIs verified. Metadata complete. APA 7th edition format consistent.
Citation standards
APA 7th MLA 9th Chicago 17th Vancouver IEEE Harvard Nature
🔒 COPE-aligned 📋 ICMJE checks
The Cost of Citation Errors

A single citation error can
derail months of research

Citation integrity failures are among the most preventable causes of manuscript rejection, post-publication correction, and institutional reputational damage.

1 in 4
Manuscripts cite a retracted or corrected paper
Studies published in PLOS ONE and Science indicate that at least 25% of submitted manuscripts reference at least one retracted source, often unknowingly.
$18,000
Estimated cost of a single retraction to an institution
Including staff time, legal review, journal correspondence, and reputational impact measured by citation loss on related publications.
34%
Of desk rejections cite citation or reference issues
Editor letters from major journals increasingly cite incomplete literature coverage, inconsistent formatting, and unverified DOIs as grounds for desk rejection.
"Institutions that invest in pre-submission manuscript review see significantly fewer desk rejections and faster time-to-publication across their research output."
The peer-review pipeline is under unprecedented strain. Editors are more selective than ever. Manuscripts that arrive with citation errors - missing seminal papers, retracted sources, formatting violations - signal to reviewers that the work was not rigorously prepared.

SmartCiter closes that gap before submission. Every researcher on your domain gets a full citation audit before their manuscript leaves the institution.
Platform Capabilities

16 tools for manuscript
citation integrity

From retraction monitoring to AI-powered uncited claims detection - every tool is included in the institution licence and available inside Microsoft Word.

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Retraction Monitor
Cross-references every citation against live retraction databases. Flags full retractions, expressions of concern, and corrections before submission.
Word + Web
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Literature Gap Detection
AI identifies seminal and recent papers your manuscript should cite but doesn't - classified as Essential, Recommended, or Supplementary.
Word + Web
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Citation Quality Checks
Instant automated checks: DOI coverage, broken DOIs, duplicate detection, self-citation rate, predatory journals, reference recency, format consistency.
Word
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AI Citation Q&A
Ask AI what citations are missing, what's under-referenced, or whether your references match your argument. Identifies gaps - never writes for you.
Word
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Ready to protect your institution's
research integrity?

Schedule a 30-minute demonstration for your research leadership. We will show you exactly how SmartCiter works and discuss a pilot programme if needed.

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