Ref-Check – Reference Checker & Verifier

Licence agreement

This page sets out the terms under which Ref-Check – Reference Checker & Verifier may be used.

Software Licence Agreement

Copyright © 2025 Ref-Check Ltd. All rights reserved.

This software (Ref-Check – Reference Checker & Verifier) is proprietary software owned by Ref-Check Ltd (“the Company”). By using this software, you agree to the following terms and conditions.

1. Definitions

  • “Software” refers to the Ref-Check – Reference Checker & Verifier application and all associated code, data, and content.
  • “User” refers to any individual or organisation accessing or using the Software.
  • “Company” refers to Ref-Check Ltd.

2. Licence Grant

The Company grants the User a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the Software for professional, academic, editorial, research, or institutional purposes, subject to the terms of this agreement.

3. Prohibited Uses

The User must not:

  • Modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software;
  • Copy, redistribute, sublicense, lease, or otherwise make the Software available to third parties;
  • Integrate any part of the Software into another tool, platform, or product without prior written permission from the Company;
  • Use the Software to develop a competing product or service.

4. Ownership

All intellectual property rights in the Software remain the exclusive property of Ref-Check Ltd. No rights or ownership are transferred to the User under this agreement.

5. Disclaimer of Warranty

The Software is provided “as is”, without any warranties, express or implied.

6. Limitation of Liability

The Company shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of the Software.

7. Termination

The Company may terminate this licence if the User breaches any part of this agreement. Upon termination, the User must cease all use of the Software.

8. Governing Law

This agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales.

9. Contact

For enquiries: info@ref-check.co.uk

Third-party attribution

This software makes use of citation styles provided by the Citation Style Language (CSL) project. CSL styles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Ref-Check uses openly available scholarly metadata from services including Crossref, OpenAlex, Europe PMC, DOAJ, OpenCitations, Open Library, and Unpaywall. We are grateful for the open infrastructure that supports responsible research and citation integrity.