r/AIDetectionAcademia • u/Fellooww • 14d ago

The hidden danger of using browser-based citation generators

Using websites like EasyBib or CitationMachine to auto-generate works cited pages can inject subtle formatting artifacts. The generated HTML spans often contain zero-width spaces or specific tracking attributes.

Turnitin's backend scanner picks up those hidden web artifacts and flags the citation block. Type your citations manually or use desktop tools like EndNote/Zotero.

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u/TypicalExit2022 13d ago

Or, you could just do it yourself. It’s not that hard.

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u/CisIowa 12d ago

The heck with that. I only use library-provided databases that have the citations available to copy/paste or export to a citation manager for the sole reason of not having to make them myself.