See fabricated references, citation padding and the right reviewer before publication
Tools enabled on editor accounts check not only whether references are correct but whether they belong in the manuscript, suggest reviewers and flag coercive citation requests in reviewer reports. They connect to OJS through a plugin.
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15 days free: our highest plan (Max) with the editor-only tools. No payment details, nothing renews automatically.
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Tools for editors only
- Citation patternShows references that are bibliographically correct but do not belong in the manuscript: irrelevant self-citation, references piled on one author or one journal, off-topic sources. It gives no verdict; it shows where to look and when the pattern may be legitimate.
- Reviewer FinderType the topic or abstract and get candidates who have recently published on it, with ORCID, a sample paper and conflict-of-interest flags (co-authorship, shared institution).
- Reviewer report checkExtracts the citation requests in a reviewer report, verifies them and flags requests for the reviewer's own work, a single journal or weakly related sources.
- Editor tools tabRevision comparison (did the author make the requested fixes), a correction letter for the author and a one-page decision summary for desk review are prepared with the report.
- Issue reportA summary table of the manuscripts you checked in an issue or period: how many references, how many suspicious, which problems. No manuscript content is stored, only counts.
- OJS plugin and browser extensionThe OJS 3.3–3.5 plugin puts the check inside the submission workflow; on other systems, right-click the manuscript file with the browser extension. No downloading and re-uploading.
Core tools used on every manuscript
- Reference checkseparates fabricated, mis-cited and retracted references
- Citation checkchecks whether the cited source actually supports the sentence
- Check a Journalshows a journal's indexing, quartile and predatory-journal signals
How to get access
- Create a free account and fill in the access form at the top of this page with your journal and role; you can add your co-editors' addresses too.
- Once we approve the request, your account gets 15 days of our Max plan free with the editor-only tools; we will let you know by email.
- If you run OJS, a journal key is issued separately; the browser extension installs in two minutes.
Manuscripts under review are not stored
Uploaded manuscripts and reference lists are not stored on our servers and never sent to plagiarism databases. Your text is never sent to outside AI services or used for training. The reference verdict relies on open academic database records.