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    How CiteRank measures AI citation authority

    CITERANK v6.1 · UPDATED JUNE 9, 2026

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    THE PIPELINE

    From a live answer to a number

    1
    Query
    Real questions, every major engine.
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    2
    Detect
    Who gets quoted, named or linked.
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    3
    Weigh
    Primary sources beat aggregators.
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    4
    Score
    Five signals → one 0–100 rank.
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    5
    Refresh
    Recomputed on a regular cadence.
    WHAT GOES INTO CITERANK

    Five signals, transparently weighted

    CiteRank is a single 0–100 score built from five weighted signals. The weights sum to exactly 100 — nothing else is added in.

    01
    Citation Rate
    40%
    Did the AI engine actually cite this Voice's controlled domains when answering questions in their topics? The direct outcome signal.
    02
    Domain Reach
    20%
    Tier-weighted distribution breadth across AI-indexed surfaces the Voice controls. Primary, canonical and verified sources count far more than aggregators.
    03
    Query Coverage
    15%
    Across how many real questions in the topic does the Voice surface at all? Breadth signals authority a single viral moment cannot.
    04
    Topical Authority
    15%
    Does the engine associate this Voice with the topic — named or paraphrased, with or without a URL? The upstream signal that produces citations over time.
    05
    Score Velocity
    10%
    How fresh the most-cited material is, and which direction the trend is heading. Authority decays — recent citations outweigh old ones.
    A SEPARATE SIGNAL

    Citation Potential — graded A–E, never summed

    Alongside your 0–100 CiteRank we publish a Citation Potential grade: a forward-looking read of how citable you could be. It is reported on its own and is deliberately never folded into the CiteRank number.

    A
    Primed to be cited. Strong controlled domains, clear topical match, fresh and well-structured.
    B
    Highly citable. Most ingredients are in place; small gaps in coverage or freshness.
    C
    Citable with work. The signal exists but is thin or fragmented across the web.
    D
    Hard to cite. Sparse controlled surface area or weak topical association.
    E
    Not yet citable. Little for an engine to reach, index, or attribute.
    ANOTHER LENS

    Narrative Share™ — your share of voice in a debate

    Alongside CiteRank and Citation Potential, we report Narrative Share™ for every narrative and Voice profile. It is a separate metric and is never folded into the CiteRank number.

    CiteRank measures a Voice's overall citation authority across a topic. Narrative Share™ measures something narrower: within a single narrative — one specific debate or claim that AI engines are discussing — how much of the cited conversation is you. It is computed per narrative and normalized so the voices present sum to 100%, so it reads as "you hold X% of this narrative." Like Citation Potential, Narrative Share is reported on its own and is deliberately never folded into the CiteRank number.

    You will see this metric on every Narrative page and on Voice profiles where the data exists. When it is unavailable, the section is hidden — we do not fabricate percentages.

    HOW SCORES READ

    Three tiers of citation authority

    ◆ ESTABLISHED VOICE
    78–100
    Cited consistently and across multiple topics. The engine reaches for you by default.
    ◆ RISING VOICE
    58–77
    Citation share is climbing and broadening. A few sharp moves separate you from Established.
    ◆ EMERGING VOICE
    0–57
    On the board and indexed, with room to grow surface area and topical presence.
    ANTI-GAMING

    What CiteRank deliberately ignores

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    We don't count follower counts
    Reach on a social platform is not citation. A 500-follower researcher can outrank a million-follower account.
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    We don't reward keyword stuffing
    Engines cite substance. Gaming phrasing doesn't move Domain Reach or Topical Authority.
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    We don't sell rank
    A subscription unlocks your own diagnostics and actions. It cannot buy a position — the citation graph decides that.
    QUESTIONS

    The details

    Live answers from the five major AI engines — the same surfaces your audience uses. We never use self-reported metrics or social follower counts.

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