# About Citely

Last updated: 2026-10-09

Citely (https://citely.ai) is an AI citation checker and academic source finder that verifies whether references are real and correct, detects fabricated or mismatched citations, and finds published English and Chinese papers that support a claim.

## What Citely is

AI writing tools made a new problem common: references that look real but do not exist, or that point to a different paper. Citely verifies reference lists against international and Chinese scholarly databases (Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Google Scholar, PubMed, arXiv, Wanfang and CNKI) and traces claims back to the papers that support them, so writers can cite with confidence and avoid both fabricated and forgotten references.

## Who uses Citely

- Students checking essay, thesis and dissertation bibliographies before submission
- Researchers and PhD students verifying references and adding sources throughout the year
- Writers who used ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek or Kimi while drafting
- Supervisors, editors and research integrity teams reviewing submitted references
- Researchers writing in Chinese, with Wanfang and CNKI coverage and GB/T 7714 support
- Developers building AI agents that must cite real papers

## Languages

The site is available in English (https://citely.ai), 简体中文 (https://citely.ai/zh), 繁體中文 (https://citely.ai/zh-tw), 日本語 (https://citely.ai/ja), 한국어 (https://citely.ai/ko), Español (https://citely.ai/es), Deutsch (https://citely.ai/de), Français (https://citely.ai/fr), Português (https://citely.ai/pt) and Русский (https://citely.ai/ru).

## Affiliate program

Earn 30% commission by recommending Citely: https://citely.ai/affiliate-program

## Contact

- Email: contact@citely.ai
- Website: https://citely.ai

## Official pages

- [Citely](https://citely.ai)
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