Paste your working paper index with each paper's references and the tick marks it uses. The tool finds references to papers that are not on the index, papers that no other paper refers to, repeated references and tick marks missing from your legend.
Separate several references or tick marks in one cell with a semicolon. Comparison ignores upper and lower case for references and is exact for tick marks.
This checks that references and tick marks are consistent. It cannot tell whether a paper supports the conclusion it is cited for. That is for the reviewer.
| In paper | Refers to missing paper |
|---|---|
| C1 | C9 |
| In paper | Tick mark not in legend |
|---|---|
| C2 | @ |
| C3 | ? |
A reviewer follows references from the summary down to the evidence. A reference to a paper that is not in the file breaks that trail, and a paper nobody refers to is either unused or missing a link. Checking the index before the file is archived is much cheaper than finding the break in a review.
Each line is one working paper with its reference, a title, the papers it refers to and the tick marks it uses.
A reference is broken if it names a paper that is not on the index. A paper is an orphan if no other paper refers to it and it is not on your list of papers that need no incoming reference.
Tick marks are compared with your legend. A mark used but not in the legend is flagged, and a legend mark never used is shown as a note.
The receivables lead schedule C1 refers to C2, C3 and C9, but there is no paper C9 on the index.
