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academic-refchecker 2.0.15py3-none-any.whl → 2.0.17py3-none-any.whl

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backend/static/index.html CHANGED Viewed

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
     <title>RefChecker - Academic Reference Validator</title>
     <meta name="description" content="Validate academic paper references using AI-powered verification" />
-    <script type="module" crossorigin src="/assets/index-hk21nqxR.js"></script>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" crossorigin href="/assets/index-2P6L_39v.css">
+    <script type="module" crossorigin src="/assets/index-DMZJNrR0.js"></script>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" crossorigin href="/assets/index-BuguAhjS.css">
   </head>
   <body>
     <div id="root"></div>

refchecker/__version__.py CHANGED Viewed

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Version information for RefChecker."""
-__version__ = "2.0.15"
+__version__ = "2.0.17"

refchecker/checkers/arxiv_citation.py CHANGED Viewed

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import re
 import logging
 import requests
 import html
+import time
 from typing import Dict, List, Tuple, Optional, Any
 import bibtexparser
@@ -356,7 +357,13 @@ class ArXivCitationChecker:
         version_str = f"v{version_num}"
         url = f"{self.abs_url}/{arxiv_id}{version_str}"
+        # Use shorter delay for version metadata (HTML parsing is lightweight)
+        # Save original delay, use 1 second, then restore
+        original_delay = self.rate_limiter.delay
+        self.rate_limiter.delay = 1.0  # Faster rate for version checking
         self.rate_limiter.wait()
+        self.rate_limiter.delay = original_delay  # Restore original delay
         try:
             logger.debug(f"Checking historical version: {url}")
             response = requests.get(url, timeout=self.timeout)
@@ -421,16 +428,59 @@ class ArXivCitationChecker:
             logger.warning(f"Failed to get latest version for {arxiv_id}: {e}")
             return None
+    def _calculate_match_score(
+            self, cited_title: str, cited_authors: List[str],
+            authoritative_title: str, authoritative_authors: List[Dict]) -> float:
+        """
+        Calculate a numeric match score between cited reference and authoritative data.
+        Used to find the BEST matching historical version, not just the first one that
+        passes a threshold.
+        Args:
+            cited_title: Title from the reference
+            cited_authors: Authors from the reference
+            authoritative_title: Title from ArXiv version
+            authoritative_authors: Authors from ArXiv version
+        Returns:
+            A score between 0.0 and 1.0 where higher is better.
+        """
+        if not cited_title or not authoritative_title:
+            return 0.0
+        # Primary: Title similarity (weighted at 80%)
+        title_similarity = compare_titles_with_latex_cleaning(cited_title, authoritative_title)
+        # Secondary: Author count match (weighted at 20%)
+        author_score = 0.0
+        if cited_authors and authoritative_authors:
+            cited_count = len(cited_authors)
+            auth_count = len(authoritative_authors)
+            if cited_count == auth_count:
+                author_score = 1.0
+            elif abs(cited_count - auth_count) == 1:
+                author_score = 0.7
+            elif abs(cited_count - auth_count) == 2:
+                author_score = 0.4
+            else:
+                author_score = 0.1
+        # Weighted combination
+        return 0.8 * title_similarity + 0.2 * author_score
     def _compare_info_match(
             self, cited_title: str, cited_authors: List[str], cited_year: Optional[int],
-            authoritative_title: str, authoritative_authors: List[str], authoritative_year: Optional[int]) -> bool:
+            authoritative_title: str, authoritative_authors: List[Dict], authoritative_year: Optional[int]) -> bool:
         """
         Compare the information of a cited paper with the authoritative information.
+        Uses title as the primary matching criterion. Authors are used as a secondary
+        check, but year is not required to match (year often has discrepancies).
         Args:
             cited_title: Title from the reference
             cited_authors: Authors from the reference
-            cited_year: Year from the reference
             authoritative_title: Title from ArXiv version
             authoritative_authors: Authors from ArXiv version
             authoritative_year: Year from ArXiv version
@@ -438,22 +488,31 @@ class ArXivCitationChecker:
         Returns:
             True if the information matches, False otherwise.
         """
-        # Compare title
+        # Primary criterion: Title MUST match
         if cited_title and authoritative_title:
             title_similarity = compare_titles_with_latex_cleaning(cited_title, authoritative_title)
             if title_similarity < SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD:
                 return False
+        else:
+            # If no title to compare, can't determine match
+            return False
-        # Compare authors
+        # Secondary criterion: If authors are provided, they should reasonably match
+        # (be lenient - allow partial matches since author lists can vary)
         if cited_authors and authoritative_authors:
             authors_match, _ = compare_authors(cited_authors, authoritative_authors)
-            if not authors_match:
+            # If authors don't match at all, this might not be the right version
+            # But be lenient - just having similar author count is a good sign
+            cited_count = len(cited_authors)
+            auth_count = len(authoritative_authors)
+            # Allow if authors match OR if author counts are within 1 of each other
+            if not authors_match and abs(cited_count - auth_count) > 1:
                 return False
-        # Compare year
-        if cited_year and authoritative_year:
-            if cited_year != authoritative_year:
-                return False
+        # Year is NOT used as a matching criterion because:
+        # 1. ArXiv shows submission date, citations often use publication year
+        # 2. People often cite with incorrect years
+        # 3. The same ArXiv version can be cited with different years
         return True
@@ -556,37 +615,68 @@ class ArXivCitationChecker:
         latest_version_num = self._get_latest_version_number(arxiv_id)
         if latest_version_num and latest_version_num > 1:
+            # Find the BEST matching version, not just the first one
+            best_match_version = None
+            best_match_score = 0.0
+            best_match_data = None
+            # Add timeout for version checking (30 seconds max)
+            # This prevents blocking when rate-limited with many concurrent ArXiv requests
+            version_check_start = time.time()
+            VERSION_CHECK_TIMEOUT = 30.0
             # Check historical versions (1 to latest-1)
-            for version_num in range(1, latest_version_num):
+            # Start from newest historical version (more likely to match recent citations)
+            for version_num in range(latest_version_num - 1, 0, -1):
+                # Check if we've exceeded the version checking timeout
+                if time.time() - version_check_start > VERSION_CHECK_TIMEOUT:
+                    logger.debug(f"ArXivCitationChecker: Version checking timed out after {VERSION_CHECK_TIMEOUT}s")
+                    break
                 version_data = self._fetch_version_metadata_from_html(arxiv_id, version_num)
                 if not version_data:
                     continue
-                # Check if reference matches this historical version
-                if self._compare_info_match(
-                        cited_title, cited_authors, cited_year,
-                        version_data['title'], version_data['authors'], version_data['year']):
-                    logger.debug(f"ArXivCitationChecker: Reference matches historical version v{version_num}")
-                    # Convert errors to warnings with version update info
-                    # Version update issues are informational, not errors - the citation was correct for its time
-                    version_suffix = f" (v{version_num} vs v{latest_version_num} update)"
-                    warnings = []
-                    for error in errors:
-                        warning = {
-                            'warning_type': error.get('error_type', 'unknown') + version_suffix,
-                            'warning_details': error.get('error_details', ''),
-                        }
-                        # Preserve correction hints
-                        for key in ['ref_title_correct', 'ref_authors_correct', 'ref_year_correct']:
-                            if key in error:
-                                warning[key] = error[key]
-                        warnings.append(warning)
-                    # Return with warnings instead of errors - URL points to the matched version
-                    matched_url = f"https://arxiv.org/abs/{arxiv_id}v{version_num}"
-                    return latest_data, warnings, matched_url
+                # Calculate match score for this version
+                match_score = self._calculate_match_score(
+                    cited_title, cited_authors,
+                    version_data['title'], version_data['authors'])
+                if match_score > best_match_score:
+                    best_match_score = match_score
+                    best_match_version = version_num
+                    best_match_data = version_data
+                # Early termination: if we found an excellent match (>= 0.98), stop searching
+                # This saves HTTP requests when we've found a near-perfect version match
+                if best_match_score >= 0.98:
+                    logger.debug(f"ArXivCitationChecker: Found excellent version match v{best_match_version} (score: {best_match_score:.3f}), stopping search")
+                    break
+            # If we found a matching version (above threshold), convert errors to warnings
+            if best_match_version and best_match_score >= SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD:
+                logger.debug(f"ArXivCitationChecker: Reference best matches historical version v{best_match_version} (score: {best_match_score:.3f})")
+                # Convert errors to warnings with version update info
+                # Version update issues are informational, not errors - the citation was correct for its time
+                version_suffix = f" (v{best_match_version} vs v{latest_version_num} update)"
+                warnings = []
+                for error in errors:
+                    # Get the error/warning type - handle both error_type and warning_type
+                    err_type = error.get('error_type') or error.get('warning_type', 'unknown')
+                    warning = {
+                        'warning_type': err_type + version_suffix,
+                        'warning_details': error.get('error_details') or error.get('warning_details', ''),
+                    }
+                    # Preserve correction hints
+                    for key in ['ref_title_correct', 'ref_authors_correct', 'ref_year_correct']:
+                        if key in error:
+                            warning[key] = error[key]
+                    warnings.append(warning)
+                # Return with warnings instead of errors - URL points to the matched version
+                matched_url = f"https://arxiv.org/abs/{arxiv_id}v{best_match_version}"
+                return latest_data, warnings, matched_url
         logger.debug(f"ArXivCitationChecker: Verified {arxiv_id} with {len(errors)} errors/warnings")
         return latest_data, errors, paper_url

refchecker/checkers/semantic_scholar.py CHANGED Viewed

@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ import requests
 import time
 import logging
 import re
+import html
 from typing import Dict, List, Tuple, Optional, Any, Union
 from refchecker.utils.text_utils import normalize_text, clean_title_basic, find_best_match, is_name_match, are_venues_substantially_different, calculate_title_similarity, compare_authors, clean_title_for_search, strip_latex_commands, compare_titles_with_latex_cleaning
 from refchecker.utils.error_utils import format_title_mismatch
+from refchecker.utils.arxiv_rate_limiter import ArXivRateLimiter
 from refchecker.config.settings import get_config
 # Set up logging
@@ -67,6 +69,11 @@ class NonArxivReferenceChecker:
         # Track API failures for Enhanced Hybrid Checker
         self._api_failed = False
         self._failure_reason = None
+        # ArXiv rate limiter for version checks
+        self.arxiv_rate_limiter = ArXivRateLimiter.get_instance()
+        self.arxiv_abs_url = "https://arxiv.org/abs"
+        self.arxiv_timeout = 30
     def search_paper(self, query: str, year: Optional[int] = None) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """
@@ -267,6 +274,258 @@ class NonArxivReferenceChecker:
         return paper_venue if paper_venue else None
+    def _extract_arxiv_id_and_version(self, reference: Dict[str, Any]) -> Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[str]]:
+        """
+        Extract ArXiv ID and version from a reference.
+        Args:
+            reference: Reference dictionary containing url, raw_text, etc.
+        Returns:
+            Tuple of (arxiv_id_without_version, version_string_or_None)
+            For example: ("2301.12345", "v2") or ("2301.12345", None)
+        """
+        # Patterns to extract arXiv IDs with versions
+        arxiv_id_patterns = [
+            r'arxiv\.org/abs/([0-9]{4}\.[0-9]{4,5})(v\d+)?',
+            r'arxiv\.org/pdf/([0-9]{4}\.[0-9]{4,5})(v\d+)?',
+            r'arxiv\.org/abs/([a-z-]+/[0-9]{7})(v\d+)?',
+            r'arxiv\.org/pdf/([a-z-]+/[0-9]{7})(v\d+)?',
+            r'arXiv:([0-9]{4}\.[0-9]{4,5})(v\d+)?',
+            r'arXiv:([a-z-]+/[0-9]{7})(v\d+)?',
+        ]
+        sources = [
+            reference.get('url', ''),
+            reference.get('cited_url', ''),
+            reference.get('raw_text', ''),
+        ]
+        for source in sources:
+            if not source:
+                continue
+            for pattern in arxiv_id_patterns:
+                match = re.search(pattern, source, re.IGNORECASE)
+                if match:
+                    arxiv_id = match.group(1)
+                    version = match.group(2) if len(match.groups()) > 1 else None
+                    return arxiv_id, version
+        return None, None
+    def _get_latest_arxiv_version_number(self, arxiv_id: str) -> Optional[int]:
+        """
+        Get the latest version number for an ArXiv paper.
+        Args:
+            arxiv_id: ArXiv ID without version
+        Returns:
+            Latest version number as integer, or None if couldn't determine
+        """
+        url = f"{self.arxiv_abs_url}/{arxiv_id}"
+        self.arxiv_rate_limiter.wait()
+        try:
+            response = requests.get(url, timeout=self.arxiv_timeout)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            # Look for version links like "[v1]", "[v2]", etc.
+            versions = re.findall(r'\[v(\d+)\]', response.text)
+            if versions:
+                return max(int(v) for v in versions)
+            return None
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug(f"Failed to get latest version for {arxiv_id}: {e}")
+            return None
+    def _fetch_arxiv_version_metadata(self, arxiv_id: str, version_num: int) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """
+        Fetch metadata for a specific ArXiv version using HTML scraping.
+        Args:
+            arxiv_id: ArXiv ID without version
+            version_num: Version number to fetch (1, 2, 3, etc.)
+        Returns:
+            Dictionary with version metadata or None if version doesn't exist
+        """
+        version_str = f"v{version_num}"
+        url = f"{self.arxiv_abs_url}/{arxiv_id}{version_str}"
+        self.arxiv_rate_limiter.wait()
+        try:
+            logger.debug(f"Checking ArXiv version: {url}")
+            response = requests.get(url, timeout=self.arxiv_timeout)
+            if response.status_code == 404:
+                return None
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            html_content = response.text
+            # Parse meta tags for metadata
+            title_match = re.search(r'<meta name="citation_title" content="(.*?)"', html_content)
+            title = html.unescape(title_match.group(1)).strip() if title_match else ""
+            authors = []
+            for auth in re.findall(r'<meta name="citation_author" content="(.*?)"', html_content):
+                authors.append({'name': html.unescape(auth).strip()})
+            date_match = re.search(r'<meta name="citation_date" content="(.*?)"', html_content)
+            year = None
+            if date_match:
+                ym = re.search(r'^(\d{4})', date_match.group(1))
+                if ym:
+                    year = int(ym.group(1))
+            return {
+                'version': version_str,
+                'version_num': version_num,
+                'title': title,
+                'authors': authors,
+                'year': year,
+                'url': url,
+            }
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug(f"Failed to fetch ArXiv version {version_str}: {e}")
+            return None
+    def _check_arxiv_version_update(self, reference: Dict[str, Any], paper_data: Dict[str, Any], arxiv_id: str, errors: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Tuple[List[Dict[str, Any]], Optional[int]]:
+        """
+        Check if a reference is citing an older version of an ArXiv paper that has been updated.
+        If the reference matches a historical version, converts errors to warnings with version annotation.
+        Args:
+            reference: The original reference dictionary
+            paper_data: The verified paper data from Semantic Scholar (latest version)
+            arxiv_id: The ArXiv ID from the paper
+            errors: The current list of errors found against the latest version
+        Returns:
+            Tuple of (modified_errors_or_warnings, matched_version_num)
+            - If reference matches a historical version: returns (warnings_with_version_suffix, matched_version)
+            - Otherwise: returns (original_errors, None)
+        """
+        # Extract cited version from reference
+        _, cited_version = self._extract_arxiv_id_and_version(reference)
+        # Get the latest version number
+        latest_version_num = self._get_latest_arxiv_version_number(arxiv_id)
+        if not latest_version_num or latest_version_num <= 1:
+            # Only one version exists or couldn't determine
+            return errors, None
+        # Check if reference explicitly cites a specific older version
+        cited_version_num = None
+        if cited_version:
+            match = re.match(r'v(\d+)', cited_version)
+            if match:
+                cited_version_num = int(match.group(1))
+        # If a specific older version is cited in the URL, convert errors to warnings
+        if cited_version_num and cited_version_num < latest_version_num:
+            version_suffix = f" (v{cited_version_num} vs v{latest_version_num} update)"
+            warnings = self._convert_errors_to_version_warnings(errors, version_suffix)
+            return warnings, cited_version_num
+        # If no explicit version or no errors to check, return original
+        if not errors:
+            return errors, None
+        # Check if reference metadata matches a historical version
+        cited_title = reference.get('title', '').strip()
+        if not cited_title:
+            return errors, None
+        from refchecker.utils.text_utils import compare_titles_with_latex_cleaning
+        # Find the BEST matching version by comparing against all versions
+        # (not just checking if latest exceeds threshold)
+        best_match_version = None
+        best_match_score = 0.0
+        # Check latest version first
+        latest_version_data = self._fetch_arxiv_version_metadata(arxiv_id, latest_version_num)
+        if latest_version_data:
+            latest_title = latest_version_data.get('title', '').strip()
+            if latest_title:
+                latest_score = compare_titles_with_latex_cleaning(cited_title, latest_title)
+                if latest_score >= SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD:
+                    best_match_version = latest_version_num
+                    best_match_score = latest_score
+        # Check historical versions to find if any is a BETTER match
+        for version_num in range(1, latest_version_num):
+            version_data = self._fetch_arxiv_version_metadata(arxiv_id, version_num)
+            if not version_data:
+                continue
+            version_title = version_data.get('title', '').strip()
+            if not version_title:
+                continue
+            version_score = compare_titles_with_latex_cleaning(cited_title, version_title)
+            # If this version is a better match than current best
+            if version_score > best_match_score and version_score >= SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD:
+                best_match_version = version_num
+                best_match_score = version_score
+        # If best match is a historical version (not latest), convert errors to warnings
+        if best_match_version is not None and best_match_version < latest_version_num:
+            logger.debug(f"Reference best matches ArXiv v{best_match_version} (score: {best_match_score:.3f}, latest is v{latest_version_num})")
+            version_suffix = f" (v{best_match_version} vs v{latest_version_num} update)"
+            warnings = self._convert_errors_to_version_warnings(errors, version_suffix)
+            return warnings, best_match_version
+        return errors, None
+    def _convert_errors_to_version_warnings(self, errors: List[Dict[str, Any]], version_suffix: str) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """
+        Convert error dictionaries to warning dictionaries with version suffix.
+        Args:
+            errors: List of error dictionaries
+            version_suffix: Version suffix to append (e.g., " (v1 vs v3 update)")
+        Returns:
+            List of warning dictionaries with version annotation
+        """
+        warnings = []
+        for error in errors:
+            error_type = error.get('error_type', '')
+            # Skip info_type entries (suggestions) - keep them as-is
+            if 'info_type' in error:
+                warnings.append(error)
+                continue
+            # Skip entries that are already warnings
+            if 'warning_type' in error:
+                # Just append the version suffix
+                warning = error.copy()
+                warning['warning_type'] = error['warning_type'] + version_suffix
+                warnings.append(warning)
+                continue
+            # Convert error to warning with version suffix
+            warning = {
+                'warning_type': error_type + version_suffix,
+                'warning_details': error.get('error_details', ''),
+            }
+            # Preserve correction hints
+            for key in ['ref_title_correct', 'ref_authors_correct', 'ref_year_correct',
+                       'ref_venue_correct', 'ref_doi_correct', 'ref_url_correct']:
+                if key in error:
+                    warning[key] = error[key]
+            warnings.append(warning)
+        return warnings
     def verify_reference(self, reference: Dict[str, Any]) -> Tuple[Optional[Dict[str, Any]], List[Dict[str, Any]], Optional[str]]:
         """
         Verify a non-arXiv reference using Semantic Scholar
@@ -642,6 +901,10 @@ class NonArxivReferenceChecker:
                     'info_details': f"Reference could include arXiv URL: {arxiv_url}",
                     'ref_url_correct': arxiv_url
                 })
+            # Check for ArXiv version updates - if reference matches an older version,
+            # convert errors to warnings with version annotation (like ArXiv citation checker)
+            errors, matched_version = self._check_arxiv_version_update(reference, paper_data, arxiv_id, errors)
         # Verify DOI
         paper_doi = None

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