Fake Citations Are Rising
Is Your Research at Risk?
Increase in fabricated citations in biomedical literature in just two years
Nature / Lancet analysis, 2026of ChatGPT citations do not exist.
The American Economist, 2024Increase in fabricated reference since AI writing tools became mainstream
Topaz et al., The Lancet, 2026Verify Your Citations Before Submission
See How It Works
See how Trinka Citation Checker works and get started in no time.
The easy walk-through video will help you get the most out of this feature.
Have more questions? Browse through our FAQs here.
Key Features of Trinka Citation Checker
Trinka Citation Checker identifies various quality risks for a robust citation analysis that lets you improve your citation list and strengthen your research argumentation.
Retracted Citations
Identify studies that have been recalled after publication and avoid peer review critique.
Unverified Citations
Improve your citation credibility by eliminating citations that are not found in citation databases.
Predatory Journal Detection
Flags citations from potentially predatory journals to protect your manuscript’s credibility.
Duplicate
References
Detect repeated entries in your bibliography to ensure a clean, submission-ready reference list.
Old References
Easily identify papers published long ago to ensure high relevance and validity of your citations.
Journal Overuse
Identify unintentional bias toward a journal and avoid peer review critique by diversifying your citation sources.
Why Choose Trinka Citation Checker
Free Score Overview
Generate citation analysis score for free and only pay for the report when needed.
Crossref Validation
All your citations are validated against Crossref’s extensive publication repository trusted by publishers and organizations worldwide.
Secure AI Writing for Sensitive Work
Trinka's Confidential Data Plan is Built for professionals and teams handling sensitive, regulated, or proprietary information.
No Data
Storage
Content is processed securely and deleted instantly after use, no storage, no retention.
Zero AI
Training
No AI training. Ever. Your content is never used to train models or improve systems.
Fully Secured & Compliant
Compliant with HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, and ISO 27001 security standards
See a Sample Report!
Explore a sample citation analysis report from Trinka Citation Checker to understand how you can benefit from it for your paper!
Citation Checker Uses Credits
Citation Analysis scores are free; you only need to pay for the full report. To generate the report, 1 credit is used for up to 30 citations. Use free credits or buy more as needed.
Users get free credits every month based on the subscription plan. To know more, click here.
Additionally, you get up to 64% discount on credit pack purchases.
Frequently Asked Questions
Improve the quality of your citations in 3 simple steps!
- Just Sign Up for free on Trinka.
- Go to the Citation Checker page from the left navigation panel.
- Upload your document. You can upload from Google Drive, Dropbox, or your computer. You can also use document already uploaded on Trinka. You will get your report in a few minutes!
Yes. We can quality check your citations even if they are published in paywalled journals.
Trinka Citation Checker feature is currently available only on the Trinka Cloud platform to all users. It will come soon to the Word add-in too.
Currently, the report is not shareable. We will make that happen in the future!
