Thrix update: New verification checks

We’ve added three new verification checks to Thrix, helping you identify even more issues with your reference lists.

• Old references. Identify reference lists that rely heavily on older sources, which may indicate that more recent research has been overlooked.
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• Low reference density. Flag documents with relatively few references for their length, helping identify content that may benefit from stronger supporting evidence.
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• Self-citations. Detect reference lists with a high proportion of self-citations, making it easier to identify potential over-reliance on an author’s previous publications.
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With these additions, Thrix now performs nine verification checks on every reference list:

• Retracted references
• Invalid or fabricated DOIs
• Broken links & DOIs
• Old references
• Low reference density
• Missing references
• Uncited references
• Missing accessed dates
• Self-citations

Whether you’re an editor looking to identify issues before publication, or a researcher or student checking your own work, Thrix is the only tool that fixes, completes, styles, and verifies references in a single step.