Stop Submitting Hallucinated Citations

⚠️ The Problem

AI models (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) hallucinate citations constantly. They create:

• Fake author names
• Non-existent journals
• Wrong publication years
• DOIs that lead nowhere
• Papers that were never published

Turnitin won't catch this. Your professor will.

✅ The 2-Minute Verification Process

Step 1: Verify Your AI-Generated References

Use Citely (Free): https://citely.ai/?ref=akhil

1. Copy your entire reference list
2. Paste into Citely's Citation Checker
3. It cross-checks against real databases:
   • PubMed
   • CrossRef
   • Google Scholar
   • arXiv

🚩 Red Flags to Watch For:

• [ ] Author names that don't match any publications
• [ ] Journal names that don't exist