For Researchers & Authors
Verify every reference. Fix every DOI.
You're finishing a paper. The last thing you want is a reviewer pointing out a mismatched citation or a missing DOI. RefRunner checks every reference against public databases, fills in missing details, and exports a clean bibliography in any style — in minutes, not hours. No AI. Your manuscript never leaves your device.
No account: 20 references a day. Free account: 50 a day. Paid plan: any paper, any size, 1,000 references a month. See plans
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How it works
Drag & Drop your manuscript
Drop in your paper — in-text citations, reference list, or both. The Wizard parses everything automatically.
Verify & Correct
Every citation is cross-checked against Crossref, OpenAlex, and the Library of Congress. Mismatches, missing DOIs, and stale preprint data are flagged and fixed.
Export
Download a corrected bibliography in your target style. Copy and paste it straight into your manuscript.
See it in action
Citation matching
Catch every mismatch before review.
Drag your manuscript in. Every in-text citation is matched against your reference list instantly — missing entries highlighted, mismatches flagged. No manual cross-checking.
Style conversion
Journal changed requirements? Done in seconds.
Pick from 9,000+ citation styles. Your corrected bibliography reformats instantly — same Zotero engine, no re-typing, no copy-paste errors.
Source Verification
References validated automatically.
No AI. No hallucinations. Every reference is searched at Crossref, OpenAlex, and the Library of Congress. Preprints automatically get the volume, page numbers, and publication year when available. See where the data comes from. Click the DOI to see for yourself.
Live search
Search. Click. Move on.
Type an author name and a word or two from the title — matching academic papers appear instantly. Press Enter or click to add any result directly to the reference list.
Research explorer
Explore connections.
Click an author to see their publications and affiliations and graphs of citations. Click any reference to explore works that cite it or are cited by it. Click any of those to add them to the list. One-click PDF links for Open Access papers and many publishers.
Validate, correct, and find academic references
Works the way you do. Nothing to install. Just drag and drop.
Citation ↔ Reference Matching
Every missing or mismatched citation is instantly highlighted. No more manually checking each one.
One-Click Reference Search
Each author-year citation is automatically searched. Type additional search terms if needed. Clicking the reference updates the reference list and starts the next search.
DOI Verification & Repair
Every reference is checked against Crossref. Missing DOIs are found, wrong ones flagged, and references automatically updated.
Any Citation Style, Instantly
Export your corrected bibliography in APA, MLA, Chicago, or any of thousands of available styles. Uses the same formatter as Zotero.
Put your references through RefRunner before a reviewer does.
Drop in the manuscript. Every reference is checked against the record, wrong details fixed, missing ones found, and the list exported in the journal's style.
No account: 20 references a day. Free account: 50 a day. Paid plan: any paper, any size, 1,000 references a month. See plans