validate-bib

To validate citation keys in Quarto reports, you cross-reference @key patterns and cite{...} markers in your files against the canonical references.bib to detect missing entries, unused references, and formatting issues before rendering.

Quarto rendering fails when citation keys referenced in your document are missing from references.bib. Bibliography validation flags these absent entries and detects near-match typos with an edit distance of 2 or fewer to prevent rendering issues.

Yes, bibliography validation extracts cite markers from inline comments within notes() and Stata do-files, then checks them against references.bib to discover probable key mistakes using near-match typo detection with an edit distance threshold.

The best way to find unused entries in references.bib is to run a bibliography validation check that identifies bib entries never cited across your Quarto reports and Stata do-files, allowing you to clean and prioritize your bibliography.

Yes, bibliography validation verifies required fields like author, title, and year, checks author formatting, validates year plausibility, and detects malformed characters or braces in your references.bib file entries.

Bibliography validation supports academic replication workflows by extracting citation keys from Quarto reports using @key patterns and cite{...} markers, as well as inline cite comments within Stata do-files notes() statements.