World’s most detailed open paper quality evaluator
Paste any research paper URL — arXiv, journal DOI, PDF, PubMed — and get a full quality report in seconds. Free, no login, no limits.
Supports: arXiv, DOI links, IEEE, ACM, Springer, Nature, MDPI, PubMed, direct PDF URLs, and most HTML pages.
Evaluate a Paper
Badge Assessment
■ pass ■ fail ■ partial ■ n/a dashed = LLM / limited (manual only) · hover for details
Reference Analysis
Content Structure
Similarity to Known Articles
Reference Knowledge Graph
Force-directed graph of all citations. Click any node to see full details in the side panel. Drag to pin position. Scroll to zoom. Shift+drag to pan. Connections: grey = direct cite · blue = same domain · green = same journal.
A Unified Score of 60+ indicates a well-structured paper with quality references. arXiv preprints typically score 55–68 (no formal peer-review record). Journal papers with DOIs, open access, and diverse citations score 70+. The Trust Score reflects your reference list quality — papers citing peer-reviewed journals with DOIs score highest. LLM badges (dashed border) are optional manual checks — they don’t affect the auto-computed score.
Badge Reference Guide
| Badge | Name | Type | What it measures | Threshold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REFERENCE QUALITY BADGES | ||||
[s] | Peer-Reviewed Sources | ref+range | % of refs from editorially peer-reviewed venues | ≥80% |
[t] | Trusted Sources | ref+range | % of refs from verified high-quality academic sources | ≥80% |
[a] | DOI Coverage | ref+range | % of refs with permanent Digital Object Identifiers | ≥80% |
[b] | CrossRef Indexed | ref+range | % of refs indexed in CrossRef scholarly database | ≥80% |
[i] | Metadata Indexed | ref+range | % of refs with complete bibliographic metadata | ≥80% |
[l] | Academic Venues | ref+range | % of refs from journals, conferences, or preprint servers | ≥80% |
[f] | Open Access | ref+range | % of refs freely accessible to all readers | ≥80% |
[r] | Reference Count | ref+range | Minimum number of references found | ≥10 |
[dn] | Domain Diversity | ref+range | Unique source domains among references (avoids single-source bias) | ≥5 domains |
[ln] | Link Health | ref+range | % of reference URLs returning HTTP 200 (not broken) | ≥80% |
| CONTENT & STRUCTURE BADGES | ||||
[w] | Word Count | article+range | Article length — substantive research requires depth | ≥2,000 |
[d] | Registered ID | article+bool | DOI, arXiv ID, or other permanent identifier present | Present |
[o] | Author ORCID | article+bool | Author ORCID iD found in article | Present |
[h] | Reference Freshness | article+range | ≥60% of refs from the last 2 years (relative to evaluation date) | ≥60% |
[c] | Data Visualizations | article+range | Original charts, figures, or tables (min. 2) | ≥2 |
[g] | Code Repository | article+bool | Link to reproducible code (GitHub, GitLab, etc.) | Present |
[m] | Diagrams | article+bool | Architecture or flow diagrams (Mermaid or image-based) | Present |
[ab] | Abstract | article+bool | Structured abstract section detected | Present |
[p] | Peer Reviewed | article+bool | Published in a known peer-reviewed venue (inferred from URL/DOI) | Yes |
| QUALITY CHECKS | ||||
[ap] | Anti-Plagiarism | quality+range | Cosine similarity vs. known articles — lower is better | <70% sim. |
[st] | Structure Score | quality+range | Presence of standard academic sections (Abstract, Intro, Methods…) | ≥3/6 |
[ci] | Citation Balance | quality+range | Self-citation ratio — single-domain over-reliance flagged | <20% |
[rc] | LLM Consistency | quality+llm limited | Haiku checks claim-reference consistency (manual trigger, structured output) | Manual |
Release Notes
v2.1 — 2026-04-07
- Added 3 new deterministic badges:
[ab]abstract detection,[dn]domain diversity,[ln]link health - All 24 badges now tagged with type (
ref+range,article+bool,quality+llm+limited, etc.) [rc]LLM consistency badge: marked aslimited— excluded from auto-score, manual trigger only[p]peer-review badge: now infers from publication venue URL (not text search) — arXiv = preprint, IEEE/Springer/Nature = peer-reviewed- LLM badges carry zero weight in Unified Score computation; limited badges excluded from req/opt counts
- Required criteria expanded to 7 (added
[ab])
v2.0 — 2026-04-06
- Full arXiv HTML support — fetches complete paper text (5,000+ words) not just abstract
- Bibliography parser: extracts arXiv IDs and DOIs from ltx_biblist structure
- Domain-based ref scoring heuristics for refs not in DB
- SEO meta descriptions, ScholarlyArticle schema, sitemap integration
- Preprint submission pipeline (OSF + arXiv package generator)
v1.0 — 2026-04-05
- Initial release: STABIL badge scoring, TF-IDF similarity, PDF support, auto-DB sync