Tutorial · 4 min
How to use Citation Guardrails
Hallucinated references blocked before they land
Every reference in a draft is checked against Crossref and OpenAlex; anything that cannot be resolved is flagged before the text reaches your manuscript.
Before you start
- • A signed-in SciExpert account
Steps
- 1
Open Citation Guardrails
From the workspace sidebar choose Citation Guardrails. On a phone, open the All menu and tap Citation Guardrails.
- 2
Set up your inputs
Every reference in a draft is checked against Crossref and OpenAlex; anything that cannot be resolved is flagged before the text reaches your manuscript. Start with the smallest realistic input so you can check the output before scaling up.
- 3
Run it
Run the tool and check the first output: live doi and title verification against real indexes.
- 4
Review what came back
Work through the results: unresolvable citations flagged and quarantined; metadata corrected against the indexed record; verification report attached to the draft.
- 5
Save or export
Save the configuration as a preset if you will repeat it, and export the output when you need it outside SciExpert. Your inputs persist across refreshes and sign-ins.
Tips
- • Start with a small input, verify the output, then scale up.
- • Save a preset once the configuration works so you can reuse it across papers.
Troubleshooting
Nothing happens when I run it
Check that every required field is filled and that your plan includes this service — locked services show a padlock in the sidebar.
The output is not what I expected
Reduce the input to a single item, confirm the result is correct, then add the rest back gradually.