Citation Integrity Commitment

Make a public commitment to information integrity

Organisations can voluntarily commit to publishing information that is accurate, attributable, current, transparent and suitable for responsible reliance and citation by people and AI systems.

Version 1.0 · voluntary self-attestation · free to adopt

What this is

A voluntary self-attestation, not an assessment

The Commitment is a public statement made by an organisation about how it intends to publish information. It is not a product, not a score and not certification.

Boundary statement

Adopting the Citation Integrity Commitment does not mean that CiteAbility has independently verified, measured, approved or certified the organisation. It records the organisation’s own public commitment to these principles.

No guaranteed outcomes

Adoption does not guarantee citation, recommendation, ranking, inclusion or favourable treatment by any AI system or provider.

The Commitment — version 1.0

Ten principles of information integrity

Plain-language principles an organisation states publicly. They describe conduct, not measurement.

  1. 01

    Accuracy

    We aim to publish factual information that is accurate and supportable.

  2. 02

    Evidence

    Material factual claims should be supported by appropriate evidence or identifiable sources.

  3. 03

    Attribution

    Where information originates from third parties, appropriate attribution should be provided.

  4. 04

    Transparency

    We clearly identify who we are, what we do, and who is responsible for published information.

  5. 05

    Freshness

    Important factual information should be reviewed and updated when circumstances change.

  6. 06

    Corrections

    Material errors should be corrected promptly and transparently.

  7. 07

    Source Integrity

    We will not deliberately manufacture, misrepresent or manipulate sources, citations, reviews, credentials or evidence.

  8. 08

    AI Transparency

    Where AI materially contributes to published factual content, appropriate human oversight and verification should be applied.

  9. 09

    Machine Accessibility

    We aim to make legitimate public information reasonably accessible to search engines and AI systems where appropriate.

  10. 10

    Accountability

    We accept responsibility for information published under our organisation’s name.

Committed → Measured → Certified

Three distinct levels. They are not interchangeable.

Understanding the difference matters: one is self-declared, one is measured by CiteAbility, and one requires separate independent assessment.

1. Committed

The organisation commits

An organisation voluntarily adopts the public Citation Integrity Commitment. This is its own statement of intent — nothing has been checked by CiteAbility.

2. Measured

CiteAbility measures

Separately, CiteAbility independently measures relevant published information through its Audit, Score and monitoring products. Adoption of the Commitment does not affect any measurement.

See how measurement works

Citation Integrity Certified™ remains independently assessed and cannot be purchased. Adopting the Commitment does not begin, shorten or influence certification, and it does not change a Citation Integrity Score™.

How adoption works

Recorded, publicly verifiable, reversible

  1. 1. An authorised person at the organisation adopts the Commitment from their CiteAbility dashboard, for a named company and website.
  2. 2. CiteAbility records the version, the date and the company, and issues a public verification link.
  3. 3. The organisation may display a “Committed to Citation Integrity™” badge that links to that verification page.
  4. 4. A Commitment may be withdrawn at any time. The original record is kept and shown as withdrawn.
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