Overview
Citation audits fail when they check formatting without verifying substance. A citation that follows APA 7th edition perfectly but points to a source that does not contain the claimed finding is worse than a formatting error — it is an integrity failure that will survive peer review until a reader attempts to verify the claim and discovers the source does not support it.
The Citation Audit & Verification System Prompt builds a two-layer audit process — verifying that citations are formatted correctly AND that they accurately represent the sources they reference, with error classification that distinguishes formatting issues from substantive failures and correction protocols that prevent the same errors from recurring.
What you get: - Verification protocol: the systematic method for checking citation accuracy beyond formatting - Error classification system: the taxonomy that distinguishes critical failures from minor formatting issues - Style compliance checker: automated verification against major citation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard) - Source-claim alignment audit: how to verify that citations support the claims they are attached to - Correction specification format: the documentation standard that makes fixes unambiguous - Prevention checklist: the pre-submission verification that catches citation failures before peer review
Built for: academic researchers, doctoral candidates, and research teams preparing manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication.