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Fabricated Citations Are Rising. The Fix Starts Before Submission
by: Sean HonanPublished on: 09/07/2026Fabricated 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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A Formatted Citation Can Still Be Fake
by: Sean HonanPublished on: 08/07/2026A 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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