Does your source really say that? From sources to submission.

Acurio checks your bibliography and every cited claim against the original sources. See what needs fixing before your supervisor does.Acurio checks your thesis before your supervisor does.

Free, no account needed. PDF, Word, BibTeX or simply paste your list.

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BibliographyExample
  1. Atkinson, M. A. et al. (2013). Type 1 diabetes. The Lancet.

    Wrong yearCrossref says 2014

  2. Hartmann, L. & Lenz, S. (2021). Früherkennung und Ketoazidose bei Kindern.

    Not foundin no registry

  3. Insel, R. A. et al. (2015). Staging presymptomatic type 1 diabetes.

    Found

  4. Wakefield, A. J. et al. (1998). Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia. The Lancet.

    Retractedsince 2010

Used by students at ETH Zürich, Universität Hamburg, LMU München and 29 other universities.

Acurio review view: a thesis with colour-coded citations and a list of findings

One real check. 182 rated citations.

16
unsupported
26
partial
140
supported

Your supervisor checks samples. If they land on one of these 16, they read the rest differently.

Three questions your supervisor asks too.

  1. Does the source exist?

    Acurio looks up every entry in Crossref, OpenAlex, DataCite and arXiv, and books without a DOI in library catalogues. Fabricated, incorrect and retracted sources stand out.

    Quick Check: free, no account needed

  2. Does it say what you cite?

    Add your source PDFs. Acurio reads the original passage for each citation and places it beside your claim.

    Free with an account: 15 citations, 3 findings in full

  3. What needs fixing?

    A finding and explanation for every citation. Read the report in your browser or export comments directly into your Word document.

    From USD 11 once, no subscription

Check your bibliography for free
“Saved my thesis. I would have missed quite a few things otherwise.”
C., master's student, July 2026From emails to us, shortened and translated from German.
“I'm really happy with the citation check. […] All in all, a very helpful tool!”
J., July 2026

Used by students at

  • ETH Zürich
  • Universität Hamburg
  • LMU München
  • Universität Wien
  • Universität Tübingen
  • Berner Fachhochschule
  • Universität Innsbruck
  • Universität Passau
  • Universität Ulm
  • Universität Bamberg
  • Leibniz Universität Hannover
  • TU Braunschweig
  • JKU Linz
  • IU Internationale Hochschule
  • DHBW Stuttgart
  • Charlotte Fresenius Privatuniversität
  • PH Weingarten
  • PH Zürich
  • PH Karlsruhe
  • KSH München
  • Frankfurt UAS
  • FH Münster
  • Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
  • OST Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
  • Tampere University
  • Gazi Üniversitesi
  • Alexandria University
  • KNUST Kumasi
  • Université Cheikh Anta Diop
  • Annamalai University
  • University of Mitrovica
  • Assosa University
  • Swiss company

    Acurio is based in Switzerland.

  • Hosted in Germany

    Your files stay in the EU.

  • No model training

    Your thesis does not train an AI model.

  • Delete with a click

    Your thesis and sources, whenever you choose.

Then your supervisor reads the whole thesis.

Before you submit, Rich Review reads your thesis the way an examiner would. Before your defence, you practise with the questions your examiners are likely to ask.

  1. Before you submit

    Rich Review: an examiner-style report on the whole thesis

    Tell it what your thesis should achieve. Rich Review measures every chapter against that goal and shows you what holds, what is weak and what is still missing.

    • Optionally measured against the criteria of your grading rubric
    • Gaps in the argument and places where it loses its thread
    • The rules in your university's guidelines, and inclusive language if you want it

    In the Thesis and Dissertation packs, from USD 24 one-time. 30 to 125 credits per review, depending on length.

    Example based on an invented master's thesis
  2. Before your defence

    Defence questions on your thesis

    Your thesis turns into the questions examiners are likely to ask, with links to your chapters and answer outlines.

    • 5 to 25 questions, from basic to committee level
    • Filter by methodology, evidence, scope, contribution and follow-up
    • More questions without repeats, export as a Word file

    In the Thesis and Dissertation packs. 15 credits per question set.

    MethodologyCommitteeon ch. 3

    Your evidence is mostly observational. How do you rule out that the microbiome only changes after autoimmunity has begun?

    Answer outline

    • Cohorts such as TEDDY sample the microbiome from three months of age, before seroconversion.
    • That narrows down reverse causation but does not rule it out.
    • Chapter 3 names this as a limitation of the thesis.
    Example for the same invented thesis

In Thesis and Dissertation, from USD 24 one-time

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  • Checks against your source PDFs
  • Word export with comments
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One thesis up to 250 citations, checked twice in full

USD 24one-time

  • 500 credits
  • Everything in Start
  • Rich Review of your entire thesis
  • Questions for your thesis defence
  • Language and grammar checks
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A dissertation or several drafts

USD 49one-time

  • 1,200 credits
  • Everything in Thesis
  • Lowest price per credit
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100 citation occurrences with one cited work each use 100 credits. Multiple works at one occurrence count individually. All prices include VAT.

What to know before uploading

What's the difference between Quick Check and source verification?

Quick Check checks whether your sources exist and their details are correct. It is free and needs no account. Source verification goes further: it reads your source PDFs to check whether they say what you cite.

Is this a plagiarism check?

No. Plagiarism software finds copied text. Acurio finds claims your source does not support and sources that do not exist. The two complement each other.

What happens to my thesis?

Acurio is a Swiss company hosted in the EU (Germany). Uploads use HTTPS, your documents are not used for training, and you can delete everything with a click.

Will my university see what I check?

Not what you check yourself: your university sees neither your thesis nor your results from your account, not even if it uses Acurio itself. If you hand in through a submission of your university, your lecturer sees that version, its sources and the result of the check.

Is Acurio a subscription?

No. Buy credits once (USD 11-49) and use them whenever you want. There is nothing to cancel.

Do I need Zotero?

No. Acurio reads Word, PDF and LaTeX. A Zotero export (BibTeX or RIS) improves matching but is optional.

Does Acurio replace my own review?

No. Acurio shows the finding, explanation and original passage. You decide when results are uncertain. Responsibility for your thesis stays with you.

One check before you submit.

Paste your bibliography and see which entries need fixing.

Continue on your laptop

Send yourself the link. On your laptop, you have your thesis to hand and can check your bibliography straight away.

Email me the link

Does your source really say that?

Acurio checks your bibliography and every cited claim against the original sources. See what needs fixing before your supervisor does.

With an account · up to 15 citations checked, 3 shown, the rest with a pack

Or check only your bibliography, no accountNo account: check only your bibliographyPDF, Word, BibTeX or paste

  • Your whole thesis from USD 11 one-time, no subscription
  • Hosted in the EU

ExampleThe thesis and the source are made up for the example report.Thesis and source are made up.

In the thesis, page 1Made-up example · In the thesis, page 1

The learning journal caused eight of twelve participants to plan their writing tasks better [A, p. 2].

In source A, page 2

After two weeks, eight of the twelve participants reported that they could plan their writing tasks better. The data are self-assessments. There was no comparison group. A causal effect of the learning journal cannot be inferred from this.

Acurio's verdict

Partly supported

Eight of twelve is right. “Caused” claims a cause that the source explicitly rules out.

See the full example report (in German)
  • supported
  • partly supported
  • not supported
  • source missing

to revise = partly supported + not supported

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Used by students at ETH Zürich, Universität Hamburg, LMU München and 29 other universities.

One real check. 182 rated citations.

140
supported
26
partly supported
16
not supported

Your supervisor checks samples. If they land on one of these 16, they read the rest differently.

Three questions your supervisor asks too.

  1. Does the source exist?

    Acurio looks up every entry in Crossref, OpenAlex, DataCite and arXiv, and books without a DOI in library catalogues. Fabricated, incorrect and retracted sources stand out.

    Quick Check, no account

  2. Does it say what you cite?

    Add your source PDFs. Acurio reads the original passage for each citation and places it beside your claim.

    Free with an account

  3. What needs fixing?

    A verdict and its reason for every cited source. Read the report in your browser or export comments directly into your Word document.

    Pack · See prices

What the report looks likeThe app with an invented sample term paper (in German): the text with its marked citations on the left, the open citation and its next step on the right.Click through the example report (in German)

10 citations in the sample paper:

3 supported

Click a verdict to see one of its citations. Supported ones need no step; the report sums them up in one line.

Detail of the Acurio report: two paragraphs of a term paper with marked citations, next to them the card of the open citation: partly supported, with the sentence from the paper, the passage from the source and the next step
Detail of the Acurio report: chapter 2 of the term paper with marked citations, next to it the card of the open citation: not supported, with the sentence from the paper, the passage from the source and the next step
Detail of the Acurio report: chapter 3 of the term paper, next to it the card of the open citation: source missing, with the buttons to upload PDFs and mark as done

In the text:(A, 2018)supported(A, 2018)partly supported(A, 2018)not supported(A, 2018)source missing(A, 2018)citation shown

Check 15 citations for free

With an account · up to 15 citations checked, 3 shown, the rest with a pack

“Saved my thesis. I would have missed quite a few things otherwise.”
C., master's student, July 2026. From an email to us, shortened and translated from German.

32 universities

Used by students at ETH Zürich, Universität Hamburg, LMU München, Universität Wien, Universität Tübingen, Berner Fachhochschule, Universität Innsbruck, Universität Passau and 24 more universities.

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  • ETH Zürich
  • Universität Hamburg
  • LMU München
  • Universität Wien
  • Universität Tübingen
  • Berner Fachhochschule
  • Universität Innsbruck
  • Universität Passau
  • Universität Ulm
  • Universität Bamberg
  • Leibniz Universität Hannover
  • TU Braunschweig
  • JKU Linz
  • IU Internationale Hochschule
  • DHBW Stuttgart
  • Charlotte Fresenius Privatuniversität
  • PH Weingarten
  • PH Zürich
  • PH Karlsruhe
  • KSH München
  • Frankfurt UAS
  • FH Münster
  • Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
  • OST Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
  • Tampere University
  • Gazi Üniversitesi
  • Alexandria University
  • KNUST Kumasi
  • Université Cheikh Anta Diop
  • Annamalai University
  • University of Mitrovica
  • Assosa University
  • Swiss company

    Acurio is based in Switzerland.

  • Hosted in Germany

    Your files stay in the EU.

  • No training without consent

    Your thesis trains no model unless you allow it.

  • Delete with a click

    Your thesis and sources, whenever you choose.

On top of the citation check: the whole thesis.

Before you submit, Rich Review reads your thesis the way an examiner would. Before your defence, you practise with the questions your examiners are likely to ask.

  1. Before you submit

    Rich Review: an examiner-style report on the whole thesis

    Tell it what your thesis should achieve. Rich Review measures every chapter against that goal and shows you what holds, what is weak and what is still missing.

    • Optionally measured against the criteria of your grading rubric
    • Gaps in the argument and places where it loses its thread
    • The rules in your university's guidelines, and inclusive language if you want it

    Included in Thesis and Dissertation.

    Example based on an invented master's thesis
  2. Before your defence

    Defence questions on your thesis

    Your thesis turns into the questions examiners are likely to ask, with links to your chapters and answer outlines.

    • 5 to 25 questions, from basic to committee level
    • Filter by methodology, evidence, scope, contribution and follow-up
    • More questions without repeats, export as a Word file

    Included in Thesis and Dissertation.

    MethodologyCommitteeon ch. 3

    Your evidence is mostly observational. How do you rule out that the microbiome only changes after autoimmunity has begun?

    Answer outline

    • Cohorts such as TEDDY sample the microbiome from three months of age, before seroconversion.
    • That narrows down reverse causation but does not rule it out.
    • Chapter 3 names this as a limitation of the thesis.
    Example for the same invented thesis

Included in Thesis and Dissertation.

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1 credit per cited source at a citation.Free: up to 15 citations (15 credits). Charged only when the check starts.Credits explained
Citation
A place in your thesis that cites one or more sources.
Cited source
One source cited at a citation. 1 credit per cited source, charged only when the check starts. If the source is missing, you get the credit back. Two sources at one citation are two cited sources, so 2 credits.
Rich Review
30 to 125 credits per review, depending on the length of your thesis.
Defence questions
15 credits per question set.

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  • No Rich Review or defence questions
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A dissertation or several drafts

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  • 1,200 credits≈ 600 cited sources, checked twice · lowest price per credit
  • Checks against your source PDFs
  • Word export with comments
  • Rich Review, defence questions, language checks
Buy pack

After your first pack, top up in the app: +150 credits for USD 8.

All prices include VAT.

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Another question? Write to us: info@tecminds.ch

What's the difference between Quick Check and source verification?

Quick Check checks whether your sources exist and their details are correct. It is free and needs no account. Source verification goes further: it reads your source PDFs to check whether they say what you cite.

Is this a plagiarism check?

No. Plagiarism software finds copied text. Acurio finds claims your source does not support and sources that do not exist. The two complement each other.

What happens to my thesis?

Acurio is a Swiss company hosted in the EU (Germany). Uploads use HTTPS, your documents train no model unless you allow it, and you can delete everything with a click.

Will my university see what I check?

Not what you check yourself: your university sees neither your thesis nor your results from your account, not even if it uses Acurio itself. If you hand in through a submission of your university, your lecturer sees that version, its sources and the result of the check.

Is Acurio a subscription?

No. Buy credits once (USD 11-49) and use them whenever you want. There is nothing to cancel.

Do I need Zotero?

No. Acurio reads Word, PDF and LaTeX. A Zotero export (BibTeX or RIS) improves matching but is optional.

Does Acurio replace my own review?

No. Acurio shows the finding, explanation and original passage. You decide when results are uncertain. Responsibility for your thesis stays with you.

One check before you submit.

Upload your thesis. Acurio checks up to 15 citations against their sources for free.

Check 15 citations for free

With an account · up to 15 citations checked, 3 shown, the rest with a pack

Or check only your bibliography, no accountNo account: check only your bibliography

See the example report

Continue on your laptop

Send yourself the link. On your laptop, you have your thesis to hand and can check your bibliography straight away.

Email me the link