Verify bibliography entries against real databases. Triggers: creating bib files, adding citations, "check references", "verify citations", editing bibliography, adding new references.
Verify that every citation in a bibliography or manuscript references a real, published work with correct metadata.
.bib filesrigorous cite-check path/to/references.bib
rigorous cite-check path/to/paper.tex --format latex
rigorous cite-check path/to/paper.md --format markdown
rigorous cite-check --doi "10.1234/example"
Use the rigorous.cite_check tool with parameters:
file: path to bib file or manuscriptformat: bibtex, latex, or markdowndoi: optional single DOI to verifyPASS [best2010] Best et al. 2010 -- DOI verified, metadata matches
WARN [smith2019] Year mismatch: bib says 2019, CrossRef says 2020
FAIL [jones2021] DOI does not resolve -- possible fabricated reference
WARN [doe2018] Paper retracted 2022-03-15
0 -- all citations verified1 -- warnings (metadata mismatches, retractions)2 -- failures (unresolvable DOIs, missing references)