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Data Sources and Attribution

Veracite compares references with twelve scholarly and bibliographic databases and shows available evidence and unresolved findings. This page identifies the providers and explains the terms under which we use their metadata.

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BnF — Bibliothèque nationale de France

The catalogue of the French national library: French monographs, theses, periodicals and authority data. Veracite queries it to verify French-language books and publications, including works without a DOI.

Descriptive metadata is reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence (Etalab 2.0).

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Crossref

DOI registration and bibliographic metadata for scholarly articles, books and conference papers. Veracite uses Crossref to resolve DOIs and compare titles and authors.

Crossref makes its bibliographic metadata available without restrictions on reuse.

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DataCite

DOI registration for research datasets, software, preprints, reports and other grey literature. Veracite queries it to verify cited datasets and non-traditional research outputs.

Metadata is dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0.

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dblp computer science bibliography

The reference bibliography for computer science, maintained by Schloss Dagstuhl — Leibniz Center for Informatics; particularly strong on conference proceedings. Veracite queries it to verify computer science papers, which often lack DOIs in citations.

Metadata is released under CC0 1.0.

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Europe PMC

Life sciences literature, including PubMed records, provided through a service operated by EMBL-EBI. Veracite queries bibliographic metadata to verify biomedical and life science references.

Rights in abstracts and full texts remain with the respective publishers and authors; Veracite uses and displays bibliographic metadata only.

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lobid

Open bibliographic data services of the hbz (Hochschulbibliothekszentrum NRW), including the hbz union catalogue and the GND authority file. Veracite queries it to verify German-language monographs, theses and edited volumes.

Data is published under CC0 1.0.

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medRxiv

A free preprint server for medical, clinical and related health sciences. Veracite uses the official medRxiv API to verify preprints by DOI and links evidence to the corresponding record on medRxiv.

Authors retain copyright and choose the reuse licence for each preprint. Veracite uses bibliographic metadata only; reuse of article content remains subject to the licence shown on the individual record.

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Open Library

The open, editable book catalogue of the Internet Archive. Veracite uses it to verify books and editions, including older and English-language titles.

The Internet Archive asserts no proprietary rights over the Open Library database; the catalogue builds on library records placed in the public domain.

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OpenAIRE

The OpenAIRE Graph links publications, datasets, projects and funding information across the European research landscape. Veracite queries it to verify open access publications and European research outputs.

Contains metadata from the OpenAIRE Graph, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0). Veracite extracts and matches individual records; the underlying data has not been altered.

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OpenAlex

An open index of the global research system — works, authors, venues and institutions — maintained by OurResearch. Veracite queries it as a broad-coverage complement to Crossref, including for works without DOIs.

Data is dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0.

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SciELO

The Scientific Electronic Library Online brings together open access journal collections, including publications in Spanish, Portuguese and English. Veracite uses it to complement the search for Iberoamerican journal articles.

Article metadata originates from SciELO and its participating journals; rights remain with the respective publishers.

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Zenodo

The open repository operated by CERN for the European Commission: preprints, datasets, software and other research outputs. Veracite queries it to verify preprints, reports and cited research artefacts.

Record metadata is available under CC0 1.0, unless a record specifies otherwise.

Questions about data use?

If you operate one of these services and have questions about how Veracite uses your data, contact us at info@veracite.ch