validate-bib

To validate your LaTeX bibliography for missing citations, cross-reference your .bib file or embedded \bibitem entries against in-text \cite commands to identify any references used in text but absent from the bibliography.

Fuzzy matching detects mistyped citation keys by comparing the text inside your \cite commands against defined .bib entry labels, suggesting corrections for common misspellings to prevent unresolved reference compilation errors.

Yes, you can validate embedded \bibitem entries without an external .bib file. The validation process scans both standalone .bib files and inline \bibitem lists within your .tex documents to check metadata and citation consistency.

To check if a cited preprint has been published and needs updating, run a preprint staleness check on your .bib file. This flags outdated preprints and suggests updating them to their published versions for academic integrity.

The best way to verify year correctness and author formatting in BibTeX entries is to perform deep metadata validation on your .bib file, which checks for required fields, year reasonableness, and proper author name formatting.

Your LaTeX document might fail to compile or clutter the output due to unused references, which are entries defined in your .bib file but never cited in the text. Cross-reference checking identifies these unused entries for removal.