Citation & Referencing Check in Any Major Style
A systematic check of in-text citations, notes and reference lists against the exact style and edition you are required to use, with corrections in tracked changes.
Formatting & Referencing
Formatting and referencing errors are the easiest for examiners and journal editors to spot and the most tedious for authors to fix. We make your citations, references, layout, tables and figures match the rules you are judged by.
Choosing within formatting & referencing
This category covers the mechanical side of academic presentation. Citation and referencing checks compare every in-text citation with the reference list and format entries to your required style — APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, Vancouver, AMA, OSCOLA or Bluebook. Template formatting applies your university's thesis rules: margins, heading styles, automatic contents pages, lists of tables and figures, and pagination that switches from Roman to Arabic numerals. Journal formatting follows a specific journal's author guidelines. Tables and figures work makes numbering, captions and presentation consistent.
If you want to stop fixing references by hand, reference-manager setup gets Zotero, Mendeley or EndNote working with your word processor and your style. Formatting and referencing are about presentation: we do not add sources you have not read or verify the claims those sources support.
If you…
- If your citations and reference list need to match a specific styleCitation & referencing check
- If your thesis must follow a university template, with contents, lists and page numberingUniversity template formatting
- If a journal's author guidelines dictate layout, headings and file structureJournal formatting
- If your tables, figures and captions are inconsistent or unreadableTables & figures formatting
- If you want Zotero, Mendeley or EndNote set up to manage citations automaticallyReference manager setup
Services in this area
University Template Formatting for Theses and Reports
Formatting of theses, dissertations and long reports to your university's template and regulations, built on Word styles so the contents, lists and page numbers update automatically.
Journal Author-Guideline Formatting for Submission
Reformatting of a manuscript to a specific journal's instructions for authors — layout, section order, reference style, tables, figures, declarations and file requirements — with a checklist of every rule applied.
Tables, Figures & Captions Formatting to Style
Formatting of tables, charts and images for theses, papers and reports: consistent numbering, titles, notes, borders, figure resolution and legibility, and captions and alt text that meet style and accessibility expectations.
Zotero, Mendeley & EndNote Setup and Library Cleanup
Hands-on setup, migration and cleanup of your reference manager — Zotero, Mendeley Reference Manager or EndNote — including the Word plugin, citation style and a workflow you can keep using.
Other areas of editing & proofreading
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