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Fabricated Citations Are Rising. The Fix Starts Before Submission

Fabricated Citations Are Rising. The Fix Starts Before Submissionby: Sean HonanPublished on: 09/07/2026

Fabricated citations are rising in published research. This post explains what the Lancet study found, why manual checking fails, and why citation verification needs to happen before a document leaves your desk.

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Fabricated Citations Are Rising. The Fix Starts Before Submission

A Formatted Citation Can Still Be Fake

A Formatted Citation Can Still Be Fakeby: Sean HonanPublished on: 08/07/2026

A perfectly formatted citation can still be fake. Learn how AI hallucinated references happen, why manual checks miss them, and how Citation Risk verifies source existence and metadata before submission.

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A Formatted Citation Can Still Be Fake

AI Citation Checkers Are Not AI Detectors And That's the Point

AI Citation Checkers Are Not AI Detectors And That's the Pointby: Sean HonanPublished on: 24/04/2025

AI citation checkers are not AI detectors. Instead of guessing whether text was written by AI, they verify whether references are real, accurate, and traceable.

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AI Citation Checkers Are Not AI Detectors And That's the Point