Verify ACS citations
ACS is the reference standard in chemistry, with a distinctive bold-year, compact format. Because chemistry citations lean on the journal, year and volume rather than a DOI, AI assistants readily generate entries with the right-looking shape but a wrong volume or a venue the paper never appeared in.
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ACS reference anatomy
Author(s). Title. Journal Year, Volume, pages.
Kohn, W.; Sham, L. J. Self-Consistent Equations Including Exchange and Correlation Effects. Phys. Rev. 1965, 140, A1133–A1138.
What goes wrong in ACS bibliographies
- Wrong volume or page sets on real journals
- Journal abbreviations that don't resolve to an indexed venue
- Plausible-looking entries for papers that don't exist
A ACS citation we would flag
Kohn, W.; Sham, L. J. Self-Consistent Equations Including Exchange and Correlation Effects. J. Chem. Phys. 1965, 140, A1133–A1138.
Partial — real source, fields differ
The paper is real, but it was published in Physical Review — not the Journal of Chemical Physics. We flag the venue mismatch and surface the correct journal.