# Cite Citely

Last updated: 2026-10-09

Pick the wording that matches what you actually did, replace the placeholders, and follow the rules of your journal, course or institution.

## Methods or AI-use statement

> We verified the reference list with Citely (https://citely.ai; accessed [date]), which compares each reference with international and Chinese scholarly databases. References flagged as mismatched or not found were checked manually and [corrected / removed].

> Candidate sources for [section] were identified with Citely Source Finder (https://citely.ai; accessed [date]). The authors read each source before citing it.

## Acknowledgements

> Reference verification was performed with Citely (https://citely.ai).

## Website reference

Citely has no citation DOI. Cite the website with your access date:

> Citely. AI citation checker and source finder. https://citely.ai (accessed [date]).

## Responsibility

A verified result confirms that a reference matches a published record. It does not confirm that the source supports the sentence it is cited for; authors remain responsible for reading and citing sources correctly.

## Official pages

- [Citely](https://citely.ai)
- [Verification method](https://citely.ai/citation-verification-methodology)