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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Independently cross-verify a single candidate citation. This is the anti-
hallucination check: it never trusts a single source. If a check cannot be
run at all (e.g. no network), that check is reported as "skipped" -- never
silently counted as a pass.
CLI usage:
python3 verify_citation.py --title "Compensation of magnetic ..." \\
--arxiv-id 2401.12345 --doi 10.1109/TGRS.2024.1234567
Importable:
from verify_citation import verify
"""
import sys
import json
import argparse
import difflib
import urllib.request
import urllib.parse
import urllib.error
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
ATOM_NS = {"atom": "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"}
def title_similarity(a, b):
if not a or not b:
return 0.0
return difflib.SequenceMatcher(None, a.lower().strip(), b.lower().strip()).ratio()
def check_arxiv_id(arxiv_id, timeout=20):
"""Confirm an arXiv ID actually resolves to a real paper."""
try:
url = f"http://export.arxiv.org/api/query?id_list={urllib.parse.quote(arxiv_id)}"
with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=timeout) as resp:
data = resp.read()
root = ET.fromstring(data)
entry = root.find("atom:entry", ATOM_NS)
if entry is None:
return {"status": "fail", "reason": "arXiv ID not found"}
title_el = entry.find("atom:title", ATOM_NS)
title = " ".join(title_el.text.split()) if title_el is not None else None
return {"status": "pass", "canonical_title": title}
except Exception as e:
return {"status": "skipped", "reason": str(e)}
def check_doi(doi, timeout=20):
"""Confirm a DOI actually resolves via Crossref."""
try:
url = f"https://api.crossref.org/works/{urllib.parse.quote(doi)}"
req = urllib.request.Request(
url, headers={"User-Agent": "literature-search-verify-skill/1.0"}
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=timeout) as resp:
data = json.loads(resp.read())
titles = data.get("message", {}).get("title") or []
return {"status": "pass", "canonical_title": titles[0] if titles else None}
except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
if e.code == 404:
return {"status": "fail", "reason": "DOI not found in Crossref"}
return {"status": "skipped", "reason": f"HTTP {e.code}"}
except Exception as e:
return {"status": "skipped", "reason": str(e)}
def check_title_cross_source(title, timeout=20):
"""Independently re-search by title on a different source (Semantic
Scholar) and require a near-exact title match. This is what catches a
plausible-sounding but entirely invented title/author combination."""
try:
params = {"query": title, "limit": 3, "fields": "title"}
url = f"https://api.semanticscholar.org/graph/v1/paper/search?{urllib.parse.urlencode(params)}"
with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=timeout) as resp:
data = json.loads(resp.read())
candidates = data.get("data", []) or []
if not candidates:
return {"status": "fail", "reason": "no matching title found on Semantic Scholar"}
best = max(candidates, key=lambda p: title_similarity(title, p.get("title", "")))
sim = title_similarity(title, best.get("title", ""))
if sim >= 0.9:
return {"status": "pass", "similarity": round(sim, 3), "matched_title": best.get("title")}
return {"status": "fail", "similarity": round(sim, 3), "matched_title": best.get("title")}
except Exception as e:
return {"status": "skipped", "reason": str(e)}
def verify(title=None, arxiv_id=None, doi=None):
checks = {}
if arxiv_id:
checks["arxiv_id_check"] = check_arxiv_id(arxiv_id)
if doi:
checks["doi_check"] = check_doi(doi)
if title:
checks["title_cross_source_check"] = check_title_cross_source(title)
passed = [c for c in checks.values() if c["status"] == "pass"]
failed = [c for c in checks.values() if c["status"] == "fail"]
if failed:
verdict = "suspect" # something actively contradicted it
elif passed:
verdict = "verified" # at least one independent check passed
else:
verdict = "unverified" # everything skipped (e.g. no network) -- NOT the same as verified
return {"title": title, "arxiv_id": arxiv_id, "doi": doi, "verdict": verdict, "checks": checks}
if __name__ == "__main__":
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
ap.add_argument("--title", default=None)
ap.add_argument("--arxiv-id", default=None)
ap.add_argument("--doi", default=None)
args = ap.parse_args()
if not any([args.title, args.arxiv_id, args.doi]):
print(json.dumps({"error": "provide at least one of --title/--arxiv-id/--doi"}))
sys.exit(1)
result = verify(args.title, args.arxiv_id, args.doi)
print(json.dumps(result, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))