Citation Integrity™ 101 · Module 3 of 9

Who, specifically, is standing behind this claim?

A source can be reputable and still publish a claim that no qualified person actually stands behind. Entity Authority looks past the publication to the author or organization making the specific claim.

Module 3

What Entity Authority checks

This Dimension checks authorship, institutional affiliation, declared expertise and prior reliability.

A source is only as strong as the entity standing behind the specific claim being made — a publication’s overall reputation doesn’t automatically transfer to every byline it runs.

Worked examples

The same claim, two different outcomes.

Concrete cases are the fastest way to see how this Dimension behaves in practice.

Fails

An article about tax law strategy carries no listed author at all — no name, no credentials, no affiliation to evaluate.

Passes

The same claim, bylined by a CPA with two decades in tax practice, with their credentials disclosed on the page. The claim now has a specific, qualified entity accountable for it.

Quick check

Two questions before you move on.

Ungraded and untracked — just a comprehension nudge.

1What does Entity Authority evaluate that Source Authority doesn’t?

2Can a reputable publication still fail Entity Authority on a specific article?

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