{"pageUrl":"https://promagen.com/what-is-an-ai-citation","lastModified":"2026-05-10","provenanceHash":"sha256:570f889e944961a8b2bdff224237b0d2ad579be953ee5adeaf94b680f8b3747d","provenanceNote":"Citation forms and per-engine behaviour described here are observable from public AI engine answer surfaces. Sentinel records citation events on a fixed query set each Monday; the weekly transparency report shows the per-engine breakdown over time.","claims":[{"id":"claim-four-citation-forms","statement":"AI citations take four practical forms: inline link, footnote / superscript, named-without-link, and paraphrased-without-attribution. The forms have very different measurability and brand-attribution properties.","evidenceUrl":"https://promagen.com/sentinel/weekly","lastVerified":"2026-05-10","hash":"sha256:57de33eac3116e9eededf007fea1181842742f83ecf1e5c0c1179446e0565d40"},{"id":"claim-citation-rate-as-measure","statement":"The appropriate outcome measure for AI visibility is citation rate per query — the fraction of a fixed query set where an engine cites the page — not absolute citation count.","evidenceUrl":"https://promagen.com/sentinel/weekly","lastVerified":"2026-05-10","hash":"sha256:ad52f6d43fd6ecd90b31de15eb3baf5072898dd920936e14c3787d79faa81c8b"},{"id":"claim-decay-pattern","statement":"AI citations decay faster than search rankings and on irregular cadences driven by engine-side retrieval-index refreshes and training cuts. Continuous measurement is required to detect drift; one-shot audits miss it.","evidenceUrl":"https://promagen.com/sentinel/weekly","lastVerified":"2026-05-10","hash":"sha256:c85179827dc9ef74b687f3c155b44771281183b71ca4320279f7dc67b73c35a4"}]}