Benthic 1.1.5

Benthic now makes sure a downloaded PDF is the paper you cited, says which version of it you have, compares every detail of a reference with the record, and finds older PubMed articles by their title.

• The right PDF, or none. Before Benthic checks a quotation or borrowed wording against a downloaded PDF, it looks for the cited DOI or title on the first pages. A file that turns out to be a different paper is not saved and not used, and Benthic names the paper it actually is.
• Which version you are reading. Preprints, working papers, accepted manuscripts, technical reports, summaries and paywall previews are named as such. A quotation missing from a summary, a preview or a slide deck reads "Not in this copy" instead of counting as not found.
• Quotations found in another source. When a quotation is not in the cited paper but appears word for word in another paper of the same check, Benthic says where it really comes from.
• Every detail compared. First author, author order, volume, issue and pages are compared with the record and shown next to the verdict, without changing it, and so is a cited page outside the article's page range. Names in other spellings, such as Müller and Mueller, count as the same.
• One DOI, one work. In a reference list or a course folder, Benthic points out a DOI printed with different details and two works given the same pages in one volume.
• Better suggestions for a missing DOI. Corrections, replies and retraction notices are no longer offered as the work itself, and a journal article wins over its working paper or dataset of the same title.
• PubMed by title. The title search now asks Europe PMC, which holds all of PubMed, so older medical articles without a DOI are found and linked to their PubMed page. The notes for 1.1.4 already announced this search; it now runs.
• Fixes. Smith 2020a and Smith 2020b no longer merge in the check of a thesis, the report's list of databases now names every database Benthic asks, and the depth gauge of the first start no longer stalls above the surface.

Download the DMG below or from https://benthic.isoglu.com/download/. Benthic 1.0.1 to 1.1.4 offer this update inside the app (Update now); from 1.1.2 on, the app installs only updates signed with the Benthic release key. If you installed Benthic 1.2.0 on 21 October 2026, download 1.1.5 once from the website: 1.2.0 does not offer a lower version number. Benthic is free and not notarised by Apple, so a new installation needs one approval on first launch in System Settings › Privacy & Security (Open Anyway). Benthic.mcpb adds Benthic to Claude Desktop. benthic-zotero-1.1.5.xpi is the Zotero plug-in: in Zotero 7 or 8, open Tools › Plugins and choose Install Plugin From File.