Verify a citation
Verify a citation: does it exist, is it retracted, and do the given title/authors/year/journal match the canonical record? Checked against Crossref (retraction data included) with OpenAlex as a fallback when no DOI is given.
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
254 msmedian answer time
$0.005listed price per call
$0.005price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
POST https://goodsong.dev/verify/citation
| Category | Everything else |
|---|---|
| Provider host | goodsong.dev |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 6 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.005 | 254 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"body": {
"doi": "10.1126/science.1260419",
"title": "Tissue-based map of the human proteome"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"description": "Provide a DOI and/or a title; other fields are checked against the canonical record when given.",
"properties": {
"authors": {
"description": "Author names, as e.g. ['Jane Doe', 'John Smith'].",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"doi": {
"description": "The citation's DOI, if known.",
"type": "string"
},
"journal": {
"description": "Journal or venue name.",
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"description": "The work's title.",
"type": "string"
},
"year": {
"description": "Publication year.",
"type": "integer"
}
}
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST",
"PUT",
"PATCH"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"canonical": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
]
},
"checks": {
"type": "object"
},
"cost": {
"type": "object"
},
"evidence": {
"type": "array"
},
"latency_ms": {
"type": "integer"
},
"verdict": {
"enum": [
"confirmed",
"contradicted",
"unknown"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}