Guide
Why Citations Alone May Not Be Enough
How citation evidence can fail when it does not prove original, important, personally attributable work.
Extraordinary
Evidence guide
The practical mistake
Citations can support scholarly influence, but citation counts alone may not prove that a specific contribution is original, important, and personally attributable.
What stronger evidence tries to show
Stronger citation evidence explains who cited the work, why they cited it, whether it influenced later research or practice, and how the cited work maps to the claimed contribution.
Evidence checklist
Use citation context, highly cited papers, independent discussion, field norms, and contribution-specific explanation rather than a raw number alone.
