---
title: "CiteTrue - Citation Checker – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "337 users, rated 5.00 by 1 person. Version 1.1.7, updated 2026-09-14. Requests 6 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/niaoinkkgpddgabmgkiicdpdcpmfcikj"
---

# CiteTrue - Citation Checker

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 337
- Rating: 5.00 from 1 rating
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 06:15 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #40,281 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Education: #1,211 of 11,063

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> AI-powered citation verification tool. Verify academic citations in bulk — detect fake or inaccurate references instantly.

- Extension ID: `niaoinkkgpddgabmgkiicdpdcpmfcikj`
- Developer: [citetrue](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ud3c2bfd5d24fb0d71b26e0ad781f34e4)
- Trader status: Not declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Productivity › Education](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/education)
- First published: 2026-03-25
- Last updated: 2026-09-14
- Version: `1.1.7`
- Size: 72.51 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (10): Deutsch, English, español, français, italiano, русский, العربية, 中文（中国）, 日本語, 한국어
- Website: `citetrue.com`
- Support page: `https://citetrue.com/contact`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/citetrue-citation-checker/niaoinkkgpddgabmgkiicdpdcpmfcikj>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fniaoinkkgpddgabmgkiicdpdcpmfcikj>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 337 | 5.00 | 1 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

- `https://api.citetrue.com/*`: api.citetrue.com
- `https://citetrue.com/*`: citetrue.com

### Browser features

- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `cookies`: Read and change cookies on the sites it can reach
- `sidePanel`: Show a side panel
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 06:15 UTC; next check around 2026-10-15.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “CiteTrue - Citation Checker” (niaoinkkgpddgabmgkiicdpdcpmfcikj). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/niaoinkkgpddgabmgkiicdpdcpmfcikj. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_niaoinkkgpddgabmgkiicdpdcpmfcikj,
  title   = {CiteTrue - Citation Checker (niaoinkkgpddgabmgkiicdpdcpmfcikj)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/niaoinkkgpddgabmgkiicdpdcpmfcikj},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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