# Scholar Sidekick (ChatGPT App)

> Audit, verify, cite papers

- Type: app
- Publisher: Mark Lavercombe
- Categories: Research
- Website: https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6a1cfe08d3a081919ed00f619418c457
- Open in ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6a1cfe08d3a081919ed00f619418c457
- Version: 2.0.1
- Listed: 2026-10-04

## About

Audit a whole reference list in one request - up to 25 entries, each checked for fabrication and retraction, returned as a per-entry verdict table. Verify whether a single citation is real - it cross-checks the claimed title and authors against the actual record at the identifier, catching the common pattern where a real DOI is paired with a fabricated or mismatched title. Resolve a DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv ID, ISSN, or ADS bibcode into a clean, formatted citation in Vancouver, APA, AMA, IEEE, CSE, or any of 10,000+ CSL styles. Check whether a paper has been retracted, corrected, or had an expression of concern raised. Works in Codex too: ask the coding agent to verify the references in a manuscript or .bib file while it works. Results show in a citation card with the verdict, the formatted reference, and the source identifier. $0 - no account and no API key required.

## How to use

1. **Add it in ChatGPT** Open Scholar Sidekick in ChatGPT's Plugin directory (button above), select + to add it and sign in if asked.

2. **Use it in a chat** Type @ in the composer and pick Scholar Sidekick, or start your message with its name. ChatGPT may also suggest it when it fits what you ask.

## Example prompts

- "Verify: doi:10.1126/science.1225829, Jinek et al., Science 2012"
- "Is this real? doi:10.1126/science.1225829 "CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing""
- "Has doi:10.1126/science.1225829 been retracted?"

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