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Read `references/calling-the-tools.md` before the first run (calling options, token and spending rules).
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Citation Check: Fake, Miscited & Retracted References
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Check these 12 references from my draft for fake or retracted papers, then give me the clean list in APA.
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Summary: 8 OK, 2 CHECK, 2 FIX. FIX #3 'Johnson & Patel (2021)': not found in Crossref/OpenAlex, likely fabricated or not indexed. FIX #7 Wakefield et al. (1998): retracted (notice 10.1016/s0140-6736(10)60175-4, 2010-02-06). CHECK #5: correction published. Corrected APA list for the 10 OK/CHECK references follows.
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Verify every reference against scholarly registries, flag anything that should not be cited as written, and hand back a clean list. The verdicts come from the tools, not from your memory: never decide a paper is real or fake on your own.
Read references/calling-the-tools.md before the first run (calling options, token and spending rules).
| Step | MCP tool / Actor slug | What it returns | List price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verify | reference_checker / reference-checker | Per reference: status OK / CHECK / FIX, verdict, matchedDoi, mismatches, integrity.status (retracted, expression-of-concern, corrected, none) with notice DOIs and dates, open-access link, warnings, one-line summary | $0.01 per reference |
| Format | citation_formatter / citation-formatter | Each reference in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE and Vancouver, plus BibTeX and RIS files | $0.003 per formatted citation |
| Replace (optional) | literature_search / literature-search | Real papers on a topic from OpenAlex with citation counts, free PDFs and retraction flags | $0.003 per paper |
Example cost: 40 references checked and formatted = 40 x $0.01 + 40 x $0.003 = about $0.52.
Coverage is Crossref and OpenAlex plus DataCite DOIs; books without DOIs, court cases, web pages and unpublished work often return not-found or uncertain. New retractions can take a few days to appear. Requires an Apify account.
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Reads the Apify token only from the environment or MCP config; never prints or stores it. Each run is capped with a max charge. The user pays Apify per result ($0.01 per reference checked, $0.003 per formatted citation).