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Candidate papers
Reverse citation search
AI Source Finder - Cite what's supported.
Paste a claim or paragraph. We search authoritative academic records and return candidate papers you can verify, copy, and cite.
Semantic Scholar+OpenAlex+PubMed+arXiv
Step 1: Describe the claim
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10 AI credits per search
Searching scholarly records
Reading your claim…
Extracting citable statements and building English search queries.
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Step 2: Candidate sources
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Cited draft
Default citation is the top-ranked paper for each claim. Change the selection below to update the markers.
Scholarly sources
Searched across leading research databases
Every candidate is retrieved from official scholarly APIs. We merge overlapping records and show which databases recalled the paper.
Semantic Scholar
A large interdisciplinary index with abstracts, citation counts, and open PDFs. It is a primary recall source for most claims.
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OpenAlex
OpenAlex
An open catalog of the global research graph. Semantic search helps recover papers even when the wording is paraphrased.
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PubMed
PubMed
The National Library of Medicine index of biomedical literature, queried through Europe PMC with synonym expansion.
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arXiv
arXiv
The open preprint repository for physics, mathematics, computer science, and related fields, with full abstracts.
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Real papers, never invented citations
Titles, authors, DOIs, abstracts, and links come from scholarly APIs. The model only plans queries and screens abstracts that were already retrieved.
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Multiple independent scholarly indexes
Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, PubMed, arXiv, Crossref, and other official sources are queried together, then duplicate records are merged.
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Claim-aware ranking
The search keeps population, intervention, outcome, and effect direction, then ranks papers by relevance, multi-source agreement, and abstract support.
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Export citations you can paste
Copy APA or BibTeX for any candidate, or download a BibTeX file for the whole list.
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Built for the rest of your paper
Use the same Miss Formula account for citation checking, formula recognition, and AI document conversion.
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Your Privacy, Our Priority
- Your pasted claims are treated carefully and handled with care. They are never used to analyze or train our own models.
Academic workflows worldwide
Trusted by researchers who need sources they can actually defend
Students, researchers, and educators use Miss Formula to find sources, verify bibliographies, recover formulas, and convert academic documents without breaking their writing flow. Users from 200+ academic institutions below are already using Miss Formula.
What academic users value
Traceable papers, clear support labels, and a writing workflow that also covers citation checks, formulas, and documents.
I had a methods paragraph with no citations and Source Finder returned papers I could actually open. I still read the PDFs, but I no longer start from a blank search box.
The English queries it built from my Chinese draft were better than the keywords I would have typed. On the same account I also run Citation Checker before I submit.
I like that it does not invent papers. If a result is weak, the label says so. That is the difference between a search toy and a research tool.
BibTeX export saved me a round of Zotero typing. I still verify DOIs, but the first pass is finally fast.
I used it to backfill sources for a literature paragraph, then converted the equations with Miss Formula. The writing stack finally lives in one place.
I ask students to find sources for a claim before they write. Source Finder makes that assignment inspectable: they have to open the paper, not just paste a generated reference.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about finding academic sources with Miss Formula's AI Source Finder.
What does Miss Formula's AI Source Finder do?
It turns a claim or paragraph into scholarly search queries, retrieves real papers from academic databases, and ranks candidates that may support what you wrote. Titles, authors, DOIs, and abstracts always come from the databases.
Which databases does it search?
Miss Formula queries Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, Europe PMC/PubMed, arXiv, Crossref, DataCite, OpenAIRE, and CORE when configured, then merges overlapping records.
How much does a search cost?
Each search costs 10 AI credits after you sign in. A successful search is charged even if no papers are returned.
Is it free?
Yes. After you sign in, you receive starter AI credits that you can use for Source Finder searches.
Can I export citations?
Yes. Copy APA or BibTeX for each paper, or download a BibTeX file for the full result list.
How does Miss Formula handle my text?
Your pasted claims are treated carefully and handled with care. They are never used to analyze or train our own models. Always read the full paper before citing it.
Start finding sources for your claims
Paste a specific statement, search Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, PubMed, and arXiv, and export citations you can actually defend.