Api Endpoint

Citation and Retraction Check

Verify references before you publish or rely on them: up to 10 citations per call, as reference strings in any style, DOIs, or {title, authors, year, doi}. For each: status verified, mismatch (the work exists but authors, year or DOI are wrong, e.g. a real DOI that points to a different paper), uncertain or not_found (likely invented), the matched record with authors, year, venue, DOI and open-access link, the corrected issues, an APA-formatted reference, and a retraction flag with the notice…

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Offering

Provider
agentsvc.io
Method
POST
Offering type
Api Endpoint
Transport type
http
Category
Science And Education
Delivery
Not provided
Pricing model
Not provided
x402 version
2

Endpoint context

URL
https://agentsvc.io/api/v1/proxy/citation-check
MIME type
application/json
First seen
2026-10-16T01:50:45.949Z
Last seen
Tags
citation-verification, hallucination-check, retraction-check, reference-check, doi-lookup

Payment pricing

x402 payment terms are the authoritative price for calling this endpoint.

Payment option 1
0.005 USDC
Atomic price: 5000 · Network: eip155:8453 · Asset: USDC · Scheme: exact
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0.005 USDC
Atomic price: 5000 · Network: solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp · Asset: USDC · Scheme: exact
Payment option 3
0.005 USDC
Atomic price: 5000 · Network: eip155:137 · Asset: USDC · Scheme: exact
Payment option 4
0.005 USDC
Atomic price: 5000 · Network: eip155:42161 · Asset: USDC · Scheme: exact
Raw x402 terms
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Observed health

Status
Healthy
Latest latency
310 ms
Average latency
892 ms
HTTP status
204
Last checked
Reachability
100% over 13 checks

Latency is measured to the first response headers. A reachable result does not verify response accuracy or merchant identity.

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "POST",
        "PUT",
        "PATCH"
      ]
    },
    "bodyType": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "json",
        "form-data",
        "text"
      ]
    },
    "body": {
      "properties": {
        "citations": {
          "description": "1 to 10 references: strings, or {title, authors, year, doi}; or one string with one reference per line",
          "anyOf": [
            {
              "type": "array",
              "minItems": 1,
              "maxItems": 10,
              "items": {
                "anyOf": [
                  {
                    "type": "string",
                    "maxLength": 1000
                  },
                  {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                      "title": {
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "authors": {
                        "type": "array",
                        "items": {
                          "type": "string"
                        }
                      },
                      "year": {
                        "type": "integer"
                      },
                      "doi": {
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "venue": {
                        "type": "string"
                      }
                    }
                  }
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "type": "string",
              "maxLength": 10000
            }
          ]
        },
        "doi": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Single DOI (alternative to citations)"
        },
        "title": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Single title (alternative to citations), optionally with authors and year"
        },
        "authors": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "year": {
          "type": "integer"
        }
      },
      "required": []
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "input": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "body": {
          "properties": {
            "authors": {
              "items": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "type": "array"
            },
            "citations": {
              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "items": {
                    "anyOf": [
                      {
                        "maxLength": 1000,
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      {
                        "properties": {
                          "authors": {
                            "items": {
                              "type": "string"
                            },
                            "type": "array"
                          },
                          "doi": {
                            "type": "string"
                          },
                          "title": {
                            "type": "string"
                          },
                          "venue": {
                            "type": "string"
                          },
                          "year": {
                            "type": "integer"
                          }
                        },
                        "type": "object"
                      }
                    ]
                  },
                  "maxItems": 10,
                  "minItems": 1,
                  "type": "array"
                },
                {
                  "maxLength": 10000,
                  "type": "string"
                }
              ],
              "description": "1 to 10 references: strings, or {title, authors, year, doi}; or one string with one reference per line"
            },
            "doi": {
              "description": "Single DOI (alternative to citations)",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "title": {
              "description": "Single title (alternative to citations), optionally with authors and year",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "year": {
              "type": "integer"
            }
          },
          "required": []
        },
        "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": {
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              "properties": {
                "checked_at": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "citations": {
                  "type": "array"
                },
                "sources": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "summary": {
                  "type": "object"
                }
              },
              "type": "object"
            },
            "success": {
              "type": "boolean"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "success",
            "data"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "type": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "input"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}