Citation Verification Summary

Type: object

Results of verifying citing DOIs via Crossref to distinguish genuine third-party artifact citations from false positives (paper-level citations) and self-citations.

No Additional Properties

total_citing_dois_checked Required

Type: integer

Total number of citing DOIs that were verified via Crossref.

Value must be greater or equal to 0

verdicts Required

Type: object

Breakdown of verification verdicts.

No Additional Properties

FALSE_POSITIVE Required

Type: integer

Citations that cited the paper, not the artifact (title confusion in OpenAlex).

Value must be greater or equal to 0

SELF_CITATION Required

Type: integer

Citations by authors of the artifact itself.

Value must be greater or equal to 0

UNKNOWN Required

Type: integer

Citations that could not be classified.

Value must be greater or equal to 0

GENUINE Required

Type: integer

Verified genuine third-party artifact citations.

Value must be greater or equal to 0

genuine_third_party_citations Required

Type: integer

Total count of genuine third-party artifact citations.

Value must be greater or equal to 0

method Required

Type: string

Description of the verification methodology used.

note Required

Type: string

Additional context explaining the verification results.