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Getting your citations right is an important but time-consuming process. Mistakes are easy to make but hard to spot.
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Citations can be tricky, and it’s easy to overlook mistakes. Is it (Brown et al 2020) or (Brown et al., 2020)? Don’t worry — our AI-powered scan will catch the smallest mistakes, including;
You’re putting the final touches on your paper, but you still need to check your citations. Last-minute troubleshooting is stressful and time-consuming, just when there are other things you’d rather focus on.
The APA Citation Checker detects missing references in your document. The interactive report then allows you to fix them quickly and easily, resolving issues in seconds.
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Books, webpages, articles: each source type has its own reference format. Getting the details right in APA, MLA, Chicago, Vancouver, or Harvard style is important.
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Citations are checked on over 100 APA guidelines, after which you’ll receive an interactive report highlighting all errors and outlining their solutions.
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Scribbr’s citation tools and articles about citing sources help more than 2 million students every month.
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Use our handy Citation Generator for APA, MLA, Harvard and Chicago. The easiest way to generate citations and a complete reference-list for your document.
Reference entries are cross-checked with in-text citations to make sure there are no inconsistencies or missing entries. However, the APA Citation Checker does not check the contents or formatting of the reference entries themselves.
The APA Citation Checker can check documents in the following languages:
The APA Citation Checker currently supports APA Style 6th edition (2009) and 7th edition (2020). We are working hard to support more citation styles in the future.
Need help with a different citation style? Check out Scribbr’s Citation Editing Service.
Yes. After fixing your citations, you can upload your revised document and perform a second check free of charge. This way, you can rest assured that you haven’t introduced any new mistakes.
The APA Citation Checker is an automated tool that helps you detect and resolve issues with your in-text citations. Citation Editing is performed by human citation experts who will edit your in-text citations and reference entries.
