nature-ref-verifier

Provide the reference list, BibTeX file, or manuscript bibliography page and the workflow queries Crossref, IEEE Xplore, CNKI, and web search for each entry. It returns a field-level comparison table grading every discrepancy as must-fix, check-suggested, or unverifiable.

The workflow first requests api.crossref.org for each DOI: a 404 indicates a wrong number, while a 200 response whose title or authors differ from the entry reveals a DOI pointing to a different paper. It then generates a corrected BibTeX patch.

Yes. Chinese journal DOIs are registered with CNKI rather than Crossref, so the workflow falls back to CNKI, Wanfang, or web search to verify author names, journal titles, and pages. Sources that cannot be accessed are explicitly marked as unverified.

Yes. For lists over 20 entries, the workflow splits them into groups of 10-15 processed by parallel sub-agents, which completes a 35-entry check in roughly one round trip instead of a much slower serial pass.

The Zotero 7 local HTTP API on localhost:23119 is read-only and returns 501 for writes. The recommended path is pyzotero in Web mode with a user ID and API key for full CRUD, or the local saveItems endpoint for adding new entries only.

Pre-2000 IEEE DOIs often 404 in Crossref, undigitized theses and internal reports may be unverifiable, and product manuals are only checked for source accessibility. A single search result is never treated as final truth; key fields require authoritative confirmation.