Did ChatGPT invent your references? Check in under a minute.
If ChatGPT or another AI tool helped you find sources, some of what it gave you may read like a real paper and not be one. Paste the list. Same Quick Check engine, this job only.
Which job do you need?
I want to cite ChatGPT itself in APA or Harvard
That is formatting. This check does not proofread style.
I want to know the list from the chat is real
That is this page. Existence and retraction, no account.
The source is real, but did the model misquote it?
That is claim support. It needs the thesis plus source PDFs in an analysis.
What gets checked, and what does not
A fabricated reference does not look wrong. Plausible author, real-sounding journal, believable year, sometimes a DOI-shaped string that resolves to nothing. Only checking whether it exists tells you.
Quick Check matches every line against Crossref, OpenAlex, and DOAJ. Retractions run in the same pass. No account.
Whether a real source actually says what you claimed is a different failure. That is the analysis, with uploads.
Frequently asked questions
Why would ChatGPT invent a reference?
Language models predict plausible-sounding text, not verified facts. A citation that reads like a real paper is exactly the kind of pattern they produce whether or not it exists.
How do I check if a reference is real myself?
Search the DOI or title on Crossref, OpenAlex, or your library database. For a full list that is slow one by one. Quick Check does the whole list at once.
What if the source is real but ChatGPT misquoted it?
Existence will not catch that. Someone has to read the source against your claim. That is the full analysis, not this check.