diff --git a/app/models/evaluation_citation.rb b/app/models/evaluation_citation.rb
index caea72b..375c5c2 100644
--- a/app/models/evaluation_citation.rb
+++ b/app/models/evaluation_citation.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 class EvaluationCitation < ActiveRecord::Base
+	validates_presence_of :citation
 end