Methods
How to measure AI citations and evaluate sources.
These versioned methods define the question, product, date, citation type and source evidence recorded for every observation, plus what the resulting data cannot prove.
How the atlas works
AI citation measurement
Definitions behind a citation record
Short answers with links to the evidence, definitions and limits behind them.
What is a citation observation?
A citation observation is one dated record of an AI answer produced from one recorded question. Repeated runs are stored separately so the sample size and variation remain visible.
How should teams measure AI citation accuracy?
Review each cited page against the claim it is used to support. Record whether the source is accessible, relevant, current and primary, and document any mismatch separately from whether a link appeared.
Why keep a method version?
Methods change as products and research practices change. Versioning prevents results collected under different rules from being compared as if they used the same definition.