Source Insights & Actions

Know which domains move AI answers.

AI engines lean on a small set of sources when they talk about your market. See exactly which domains cite you, score the impact of each one, and turn every gap into an outreach play.

evidentlyaeo.com/analyze/citation-sources-v3Citation Sources
Source
Impact ↓
Mention%
Sent.
Cite%
1
runrepeat.com
Reference
60.431.7%826.3%
2
runnersworld.com
Corporate
56.726.7%835.3%
3
tomsguide.com
Editorial
56.519.2%833.8%
4
menshealth.com
Editorial
51.220.8%834.1%
5
alibaba.com
Corporate
50.80.8%800.2%
runrepeat.com
60.4
Impact Score
Composite 0–100
Mention rate
31.7%
Share of Attribution
50.5%
Sentiment
82/100
Citations
412
0–100
Composite Impact Score
4
Strategic source categories
3
Action-oriented views
Built-in
Outreach workflows

From raw citations to a source strategy

Every domain AI engines cite about your market, captured, ranked, and turned into an action plan.

01

Capture every citation

Each AI response we collect is parsed for cited sources — the domains engines lean on when they answer your buyers.

02

Score and categorize

Domains get a composite Impact Score from mention rate, Share of Attribution, sentiment and citation volume, then land in one of four strategic categories.

03

Surface AI-generated insights

The Source Insights tab automatically synthesizes your citation patterns into numbered, plain-English findings — format gaps, dropped pages, top-performing domains and more.

04

Run the outreach

The Publisher Outreach tab turns every citation gap into an actionable ranked target list, so PR and content teams know exactly who to pitch and why.

A citation strategy, not just a citation report

Most tools show you who's cited. This shows you what to do about it.

A ranked leaderboard of every AI-cited domain

Every source is ranked by a composite Impact Score (0–100) built from mention rate, Share of Attribution, sentiment and citation volume, so you stop guessing which placements actually move AI answers.

  • Mention rate — how often the domain appears in your AI responses
  • Share of Attribution — how much answer text it actually drives
  • Sentiment — how positively you're framed when it's cited
  • Citation volume — raw counts, per engine and per topic
Top Citation Sources
AllCompetitors
SOURCE
IMPACT ↓
MENTION%
SENT.
CITE%
1
runrepeat.com
Reference
60.431.7%826.3%
2
runnersworld.com
Corporate
56.726.7%835.3%
3
tomsguide.com
Editorial
56.519.2%833.8%
4
menshealth.com
Editorial
51.220.8%834.1%

Turn citation gaps into outreach pipeline

The Publisher Outreach tab surfaces every domain that cites your competitors but not you — ranked by opportunity score. Give your PR team a ready-made, prioritized target list instead of a blank whiteboard.

  • Gap domains ranked by composite opportunity score
  • See exactly which competitors each domain cites
  • Filter by score, competitor and open/paid access
Publisher Outreach
Citation Gaps → Outreach
Source
Opp. Score
Competitors
cnet.com
High Priority
92Cites 4 · not you
pcmag.com
High Priority
87Cites 3 · not you
zdnet.com
Good Fit
81Cites 3 · not you
techradar.com
Good Fit
74Cites 2 · not you
Export outreach list to PR team

AI-generated insights from your citation patterns

The Source Insights tab automatically synthesizes your citation data into numbered, actionable findings — surfacing format gaps, dropped pages, top domains and content type imbalances your team would otherwise miss.

  • Identify which content formats AI engines prefer citing
  • Track pages that dropped out of AI responses over time
  • Spot competitor citation advantages with competitor gap analysis
Source InsightsAI-generated · Jun 21–27
1

Third-party domains make up 99% of all citations. Off-page content is your biggest lever for citation growth.

Opportunity
2

runnersworld.com is your most cited third-party source — appears in 45% of AI responses with an authority score of 55/100.

Top Source
3

AI engines cite Editorial content most often (52% of all citations), but most of your citations come from 'Corporate' content.

Gap
4

7 of your brand's pages cited last period are no longer appearing in AI responses. Review and refresh this content.

Alert

Frequently asked questions

What is the Impact Score?
Impact Score is a 0–100 composite that ranks each citing domain by weighted mention rate, Share of Attribution, sentiment, citation volume and topic coverage — so the leaderboard reflects real influence on AI answers, not just raw counts.
What do the Priority, Reputation, Growth and Monitor categories mean?
They're strategic quadrants on a Sentiment × Mention Rate map. Priority sources are high-visibility and positive — protect them. Reputation sources are high-visibility but weak sentiment — fix the narrative there. Growth sources speak well of you but are under-cited — amplify them. Monitor sources show low signal today.
What does the Source Insights tab show?
It shows AI-generated, numbered findings synthesized from your citation data — such as which content formats dominate, which of your pages dropped out of AI responses, competitor citation advantages, and the most effective outreach formats for your market.
What is Publisher Outreach?
It's the action layer on top of citation analysis: a ranked list of domains that cite your competitors but not you, with the competitors they cite and the opportunity size — ready to hand to your PR or partnerships team.
Which AI engines' citations are tracked?
Citations are captured from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Claude, Bing Copilot, and Grok — and can be broken down per engine.
How is Share of Attribution different from mention rate?
Mention rate tells you how often a domain shows up in responses about your brand. Share of Attribution tells you how much of the actual answer text traces back to that domain — a domain can appear rarely but drive a large share of what AI says.

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