Contact Get AI Visibility Audit →
Service · AI Citation Engine™

Citation Engine.

The AI Citation Engine is the institution's editorial-grade citation programme. Where most providers cultivate links, the Citation Engine cultivates citations — earned mention in the Tier I and Tier II sources AI systems actually weight, against the published Source Register.

AI Citation Engine™ · Editorial programme

Citations, not links.

The Citation Engine is the institution's most editorial service. It is led by a Specialist, run against published source-quality criteria, and produces written editorial coverage in the publications AI systems treat as authoritative.

Format
Inside Foundation, or standalone
Output
6–12 Tier I/II placements/year
Lead
Specialist (ADS) led
Source Register
Published, methodology-bound
The institution's position

A backlink and a citation are not the same thing. AI systems do not weight backlinks; they weight citations in sources whose editorial standards survive the institution's tier classification. The Citation Engine produces the second; the institution declines to produce the first.

What the Citation Engine produces

Earned editorial coverage.

The Citation Engine produces between six and twelve Tier I or Tier II placements per year for the subject, in publications drawn from the published Source Register.

  • 01
    Editorial cultivationIdentification, qualification, and pitching of editorial opportunities across professional bodies, trade press, and recognised editorial outlets relevant to the subject.
  • 02
    Practitioner-led contributionWhere the placement is opinion-led, the contribution is authored by the subject's named practitioner; the institution edits and reviews against editorial standards.
  • 03
    Embargo and timing disciplineCoverage timed against the subject's strategic moments — annual reports, press cycles, regulatory developments — and against the institution's editorial calendar.
  • 04
    Source Register alignmentEvery placement is in a source whose Tier classification is published in the Source Register; the subject sees, in writing, why each source meets the standard.
  • 05
    Cross-vertical placement strategyWhere the subject's reach extends across verticals, placement strategy spans the relevant Tier I and Tier II sources in each.
  • 06
    Quarterly reviewCitation Engine output is reviewed quarterly against the Score's Citation Source Quality signal; the strategy is adjusted in writing each quarter.
What we will not do

The institution's boundaries.

The Citation Engine operates against editorial standards. The activities below are common in market and out of scope for the institution.

  1. Pay-for-placement, sponsored content disguised as editorial, or any arrangement where editorial control is conditioned on payment.
  2. Reciprocal-link networks, link-exchange schemes, or any arrangement that violates the publishing source's editorial integrity.
  3. Inclusion in directories whose editorial standards do not survive disclosure under the Source Register.
  4. PR-driven placement that prioritises volume over source quality. We do not write for the volume metric.
  5. Any practice that breaches the Standards of Professional Conduct or the institution's Charter, including the conflicts and disclosure rules.
Related

Read alongside.

Service

Foundation

The twelve-month engagement the Citation Engine usually sits inside.

Resource

Source Register

The institution's published list of indexed sources by tier.

Resource

Press & Newsroom

The institution's own press handling and editorial standards.

Begin an Audit

Citations, earned.

The Citation Engine is led by a Specialist and run against published source-quality criteria. Begin with the Audit.

Begin an Audit →