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Audit Your Reference List Before You Submit
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Referencing style required (for example APA 7, Harvard, MLA 9, Chicago, OSCOLA): {{CITATION_STYLE}}
My in-text citations (paste them, or a sample): {{IN_TEXT_CITATIONS}}
My reference list:
"""
{{REFERENCE_LIST}}
"""
Check:
1. Formatting against the required style: list each error with the reference number and the rule.
2. Missing elements (year, volume, pages, DOI, URL, publisher, access date) in each reference.
3. Consistency: in-text citations without a reference, or references never cited.
4. A verification checklist: mark every reference "verify". Note any that show warning signs, such as a DOI that doesn't match the journal format, an implausible page range, or a journal and year that look mismatched.
5. For each reference, what I should check in the original: that it exists, the details are right, and it supports the point I cite it for.
Constraints: you cannot confirm that a source exists; say so plainly and never "fix" a reference by inventing details. Mark any missing information as missing.
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About this prompt
“Audit Your Reference List Before You Submit” is a free prompt for ChatGPT in the Deep Research category, 200 words long, added to The Prompt Index on October 28, 2026 by The Prompt Index. Copy it with the button above, paste it into ChatGPT or any other AI chat assistant, and send it.
It has 3 placeholders to fill in first:
{{CITATION_STYLE}}, {{IN_TEXT_CITATIONS}}, {{REFERENCE_LIST}}.
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Recommended models: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini.
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