# Dataset license

The CiteMe Citation Verification Benchmark v1 compilation, labels, documentation,
and synthetic transformations are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution
4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0):

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Copyright © 2026 CiteMe.

## Attribution

When reusing or adapting this dataset, cite:

> CiteMe. (2026). *CiteMe Citation Verification Benchmark v1*
> (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo.
> https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21610297

That is the version DOI for v1; it resolves once the Zenodo record is published.
The canonical page is
https://citeme.app/datasets/citation-verification-benchmark.

## Source metadata

The dataset incorporates and transforms public scholarly metadata:

- OpenAlex data is available under CC0:
  https://openalex.org
- Crossref makes its public scholarly metadata available for reuse:
  https://www.crossref.org/documentation/retrieve-metadata/

CC BY 4.0 applies to CiteMe's protectable compilation, labels, documentation, and
synthetic transformations. It does not replace third-party rights, if any, in source
metadata or names.

## Synthetic references

Rows labeled `FABRICATED` are synthetic negative test cases. They may combine public
contributor and venue strings with invented titles and must not be represented as real
publications or as claims about the named contributors or venues.