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Academic Source Check
Check your writing against 250M+ published academic papers from Crossref, arXiv, and Semantic Scholar. Surface uncited claims and verify DOIs.
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Reference List Checker
Paste your reference list in any format. Akọ̀wé verifies each DOI against Crossref and flags broken, unresolvable, or malformed references.
- Crossref DOI verification
- Detects missing or broken DOIs
- Works with APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard
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