Terms of Service

1. Introduction

Welcome to YesCite.

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the YesCite website and its related services and features. Before using YesCite, please read these Terms carefully and ensure that you fully understand them.

By accessing or using YesCite, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to any part of these Terms, you must stop using YesCite immediately.

YesCite may update or modify these Terms from time to time as required for operational or legal reasons. Any changes will be published on this page and will take effect upon publication. Your continued use of YesCite after the updated Terms are published constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

2. Description of the Service

YesCite is an online tool designed to assist users in generating and formatting academic citations in accordance with commonly used citation standards.

YesCite supports multiple citation formats, including but not limited to APA, MLA, and Chicago. Users may generate citations by providing a DOI, ISBN, webpage URL, or by manually entering relevant information.

The content generated by YesCite is provided solely as a citation formatting aid and does not constitute academic, publishing, legal, or other professional advice. Due to variations in citation standards, institutional requirements, version updates, and the completeness of data sources, YesCite does not guarantee that generated results will be accurate or suitable for any specific use case.

Before submitting, publishing, or otherwise using any generated citation, you are responsible for reviewing and verifying its accuracy and completeness and making any necessary adjustments.

YesCite’s services and features may be updated, modified, or optimized over time. Certain features may change or become unavailable at different stages of product development.

3. Eligibility

By using YesCite, you represent that you have the legal capacity to enter into and be bound by these Terms and that you are capable of assuming responsibility for your actions.

If you are a minor, you may use YesCite only with the consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian. The guardian is responsible for the minor’s use of the service.

You are responsible for ensuring that any information you provide while using YesCite is truthful, accurate, and compliant with applicable laws and regulations. Any consequences arising from false, incomplete, or misleading information provided by you shall be your sole responsibility.

4. Acceptable Use

When using YesCite, you agree to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and generally accepted standards of online conduct, and to use the service in a reasonable and good-faith manner.

You may use YesCite for lawful purposes, including academic, research, writing, personal, or commercial use.

You may not engage in any of the following activities:

• Abusing the service or its resources, including but not limited to excessive requests, automated misuse, or actions that interfere with the normal operation of the service;
• Attempting to reverse engineer, decompile, bypass limitations, or gain unauthorized access to YesCite’s systems, interfaces, or code;
• Using YesCite for unlawful, infringing, fraudulent, or otherwise improper activities;
• Using YesCite to fabricate, distort, or misrepresent academic or research work;
• Engaging in any activity that harms YesCite or the legitimate rights and interests of third parties.

If you violate these rules, YesCite reserves the right to take appropriate measures, including restricting or suspending your access to the service.

5. Accounts and Access

Certain features of YesCite may require you to create or use an account. When registering or using an account, you must provide accurate and complete information and keep your access credentials secure.

You are responsible for all activities conducted through your account. Unauthorized sharing, transfer, or lending of accounts may result in restricted or terminated access.

If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your account or potential security risks, you should take appropriate action promptly and contact YesCite. YesCite is not responsible for losses resulting from your failure to safeguard your account information.

YesCite reserves the right to modify account features, access rights, or usage conditions as necessary for service operation. If you violate these Terms, YesCite may limit or suspend your access to certain features.

6. Intellectual Property

All content associated with YesCite, including but not limited to website content, interface design, functional structure, source code, and branding, is protected by applicable laws and is owned by YesCite or its respective rights holders. No content may be copied, modified, distributed, or used for unauthorized purposes without prior permission.

Any content you input into YesCite, including text, links, or identifiers, remains your property or the property of the original rights holder. YesCite does not claim ownership over your input content.

Citations generated by YesCite based on your input may be freely used by you. You acknowledge that generated content may be based on public data or commonly used citation rules and does not guarantee uniqueness or originality. YesCite does not claim any rights over the generated output.

7. Disclaimers

YesCite is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. While reasonable efforts are made to improve service reliability and citation accuracy, YesCite makes no warranties regarding uninterrupted availability, complete accuracy, or suitability for any particular purpose.

Different institutions, journals, publishers, or organizations may apply varying or updated citation requirements. YesCite does not guarantee that generated citations will be accepted in all contexts.

YesCite is not responsible for inaccuracies resulting from incomplete data sources, differences in citation standards, user input errors, or other objective factors. You are responsible for reviewing and confirming the accuracy of generated content before use.

YesCite does not provide academic, legal, publishing, or other professional advice. Any decisions you make based on the use of YesCite are made at your own discretion and risk.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, YesCite shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising out of or related to your use of, or inability to use, the service, including but not limited to academic rejection, grading impact, publication delays, or commercial losses.

Regardless of the legal theory under which liability is asserted, YesCite’s total liability for any single or cumulative event shall be limited to the reasonable scope of use of the service.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law.

9. Service Changes and Availability

YesCite may update, modify, optimize, suspend, or discontinue parts of the service as necessary due to product development, technical adjustments, or operational needs.

YesCite does not guarantee that the service will be available at all times, uninterrupted, or error-free. Service interruptions caused by maintenance, upgrades, force majeure, or other reasonable factors may occur, and YesCite shall not be liable for resulting impacts.

10. Third-Party Services and Links

Certain features of YesCite may rely on third-party services, data sources, or external links. Such third-party content is provided by its respective providers, and YesCite does not guarantee its accuracy, completeness, or availability.

When accessing third-party services or links, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for complying with the applicable terms and policies of those third parties. YesCite is not responsible for issues or losses arising from third-party services.

11. Changes to These Terms

YesCite may revise these Terms from time to time. Updated Terms will be published on this page and will take effect upon publication.

Your continued use of YesCite after the updated Terms take effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree with the changes, you must stop using the service.

12. Termination

If you violate any provision of these Terms, YesCite may, at its discretion, restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or part of the service.

You may stop using YesCite at any time. Upon termination, provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive will remain in effect.

13. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws applicable to YesCite’s operating entity.

Any disputes arising from or related to these Terms or your use of YesCite shall first be resolved through good-faith negotiation. If such negotiation fails, disputes may be submitted to a competent authority with jurisdiction.

14. Contact

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding these Terms or the YesCite service, please contact us using the contact information provided on the website.