Citation placement checker
Paste a paragraph from your essay. The quick check flags obvious gaps instantly; the AI review explains each sentence like a tutor would, without inventing sources.
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What “correct placement” means
A citation should sit directly after the material it supports and before the sentence’s closing punctuation. When only part of a sentence is borrowed, the citation goes right after that part. When a paragraph mixes sources with your own commentary, your commentary stays uncited, so the reader can see the line between evidence and argument.
New to the rules? Walk a sentence through the decision tree, or build your instincts with the practice exercises.
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What does the citation placement checker look for?
The instant check flags quotations, statistics and research claims without a citation, quotations missing a page number, full stops placed before a citation, and “&”/“and” mix-ups. The AI review goes sentence by sentence and explains whether each one needs a source, whether the citation is in the right place, and how to fix it.
Is this a plagiarism checker?
No. It doesn’t compare your text with other documents. It checks whether you have signalled your sources correctly, which is what prevents accidental plagiarism in the first place.
Is my paragraph stored?
Your draft is kept only in your browser so it survives a refresh; clear it any time. If you run the AI review, the paragraph is sent once to the AI model to generate feedback and is not stored by CiteWise. See the privacy page.
Will it add the missing sources for me?
No. It never invents authors, years or page numbers. Where a citation is missing, it shows a placeholder like (Author, Year) so you can fill in the real source.