Find Supporting Sources for Paragraphs You Have Already Written
Identify claims that need sources, retrieve candidate papers, verify support in the original text, and then add the citation to your draft.
Distinguish the Three Tasks First
Reference formatting
Enter sources you have already selected and output them in GB/T 7714, APA, or another style.
Literature database search
Enter a topic or query and receive candidate publications for the user to screen.
Citation matching
Enter an existing claim and receive candidate sources and citation positions verified against the original text.
Understand the sentence before searching
Distinguish facts, causal claims, data, method effects, and theoretical judgments, then build a query for the statement that needs support.
Verify against the source text
Compare the candidate with its original text to confirm that it supports the sentence instead of attaching it merely because the title is related.
Flag insufficient support
If no source offers adequate support, mark the claim for review and suggest rewriting or reducing its strength.
Add the in-text citation
Insert the confirmed source at the relevant position and generate the reference list at the same time.
How It Works: Four Steps
Locate claims needing citations
Select statements that need sources, including numerical conclusions, others' views, method effects, and factual claims.
Retrieve candidate papers
Turn the sentence's core claim into a query and search for genuine candidate publications.
Verify the original text
Compare each candidate's source passage with the claim. Reject a paper when it does not provide support.
Insert and build the list
Add the in-text citation, generate the reference list, and export the paper to Word.
Which Sentences Need Citations—and Which Do Not
Data, others' ideas, methodological origins, and non-obvious factual claims usually need sources. Common knowledge and simple transitions usually do not.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are AI-matched citations real, or can they be fabricated?
Candidate publications come from search results. The system checks the supporting relationship against the source text and flags insufficient support. Before export, still verify the publication identity, original conclusion, and citation position.
How is this different from a reference generator?
A reference formatter processes sources you have already selected. Citation matching first searches for and verifies candidate sources based on the claim in the current sentence.
Can it add citations across an already completed paper?
Yes. Put existing paragraphs or the full draft into the editor and run citation matching. It finds real sources sentence by sentence for unsupported claims without requiring you to gather the papers first.
How is it priced?
Citation matching has a fixed charge of 5 credits per paper. See the credits page for details.
How do I export matched citations?
Confirmed sources are inserted at the relevant positions, the reference list is generated in sync, and both can be exported with the draft to Word.
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Find Supporting Sources for Your Existing Paragraphs
Verify the publication and its supporting relationship, then add it to the text and generate the reference list.