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Research | Cite
Assessing Code Clone Detection Capabilities of Large Language Models on Human and AI-Generated Code: Zero-Shot and Fine-Tuning Approaches
Zixian Zhang, Takafinas Saber
Review of: 'An Empirical Study on Automatically Detecting AI-Generated Source Code: How Far Are We?'
Mikhail Evtikhiev
Systematic Evaluation of AI-Generated Python Code: A Comparative Study Across Progressive Programming Tasks
Yang Qianyi
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Etvikhiev, M. (2025). Review of: An Empirical Study...
Zhang, Z., & Saber, T. (2024). Assessing Code Clone Detection...
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PaperDraft currently supports APA 7th Edition, IEEE, MLA 9th Edition, Chicago Manual of Style, Harvard, and Vancouver, with additional journal-specific styles planned.
Yes. Changing the citation style automatically reformats both in-text citations and the reference list across your entire document.
PaperDraft searches trusted scholarly databases and academic indexes to recommend relevant publications based on your selected text.
Absolutely. Every inserted citation can be edited or replaced without affecting the rest of your document.
Yes. You can search using keywords, research questions or complete sentences inside the Research | Cite panel.
Yes. References stay synchronized as citations are inserted, removed or reformatted.
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