RefRigor

RefRigor is a web app (with a lightweight Word/Google Docs add-on) that stress-tests literature reviews for citation integrity and coverage gaps. It ingests your manuscript plus your BibTeX/RIS library, then runs a “claim-to-citation” audit: which sentences make factual or comparative claims, which citations supposedly support them, and where support is weak, missing, outdated, or mismatched. It also flags suspicious patterns reviewers hate: over-reliance on a single author group, citation stacking, too many secondary citations, and missing seminal works in a defined subtopic. Unlike generic summarizers, it focuses on defensible evidence mapping and produces a reviewer-style report with actionable fixes (add primary source, replace with newer meta-analysis, or soften claim language). Realistically, it won’t replace domain expertise; it’s a quality-control layer that reduces embarrassing citation errors and speeds up revision cycles.