Methodology

A result should show what it knows and what it does not.

AICheck uses separate workflows for understanding text and verifying references. The first reorganizes supplied material; the second compares citations with external scholarly metadata.

The operating principles

  1. Preserve the submitted source as the ground truth for explanation.
  2. Use external scholarly records for citation identity.
  3. Label incomplete, possible and conflicting results explicitly.

How results are produced

Clarity workflow

The source is reorganized into its central idea, research logic, glossary, unsupported claims and a clean rewrite. No document content is retained in D1.

Reference workflow

Citation candidates are extracted and compared with Crossref records using titles, authors, dates, journals and DOI metadata.

Human review

Metadata can be incomplete and names can vary. Open the linked record and source before making a final academic decision.

Limits matter

Verified means that citation identity agrees with a record. It does not mean that a study is correct, relevant or appropriate to cite.