ever-works/orgs/citation-management

Citation Management

Keep the reference list accurate, complete, and consistently formatted, and verify that each citation supports the claim it is attached to.

Procedure

1. Collect full metadata for every source: authors, title, venue, year, volume/pages or identifier, and a stable DOI or URL. Incomplete entries are flagged, not guessed.
2. Deduplicate. Merge repeated references and reconcile variant spellings of the same author or venue.
3. Verify citation-claim match. For each in-text citation, confirm the source actually supports the specific claim. A real reference attached to a claim it does not make is a misrepresentation — flag it.
4. Check primary vs secondary. Prefer citing the primary source over a review that cites it, unless the review itself is the point. Never cite a source you have not examined.
5. Apply one style consistently. Pick the target style (numeric or author-date) and format every entry identically. Consistency of punctuation, ordering, and abbreviation matters.
6. Order correctly for the style — by citation order or alphabetically — and ensure in-text markers and the list agree exactly, with no orphans in either direction.
7. Flag retractions and predatory venues. Note any cited work that has been retracted, corrected, or published somewhere non-credible.
8. Cross-check counts. Every in-text citation appears in the list; every list entry is cited. Report mismatches.

Quality bar

• Every reference has complete, verified metadata.
• Every citation genuinely supports its attached claim.
• One consistent style throughout; in-text and list agree exactly.
• Retracted or non-credible sources are surfaced, not silently included.

Output format

A formatted reference list in the target style, plus a citation-integrity note listing any claim-source mismatches, incomplete entries, retractions, or orphaned citations found.