| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Target | The publication being cited. See Citations & Tallies. |
| Source | The publication making the citation. |
| Tally | Counts of citation statements toward a target: total, supporting, contradicting, mentioning, unclassified. |
| Smart Citation | A citation statement classified by how it uses the target (supporting / contradicting / mentioning). |
| Contradicting / Contrasted | The same concept: the API uses contradicting, the Scite UI displays “contrasted.” |
| Citing publications | The count of distinct publications citing a target: not the same as the tally total (see Citations & Tallies). |
| Papers | Publication metadata: DOI, title, publication date, and related fields. |
| Collection | A set of papers monitored over time. Created from DOIs or a search query via the API or MCP, or in the Scite UI (which also imports from Zotero, Mendeley, or CSV). |
| Dashboard | A report on a collection. |
| Reference Check | Scite’s capability for evaluating and linking the references of a submitted document. |
| Scite Journal Index (SJI) | A journal-level index derived from Scite’s citation data, looked up by ISSN. |
| Assistant | Scite’s Q&A endpoint that returns answers backed by citation evidence. |
| Evidence | Non-citation regulatory and research records searchable alongside citation data: patents, grants, clinical trials, and FDA/MHRA regulatory records. |
Concepts
Glossary
Quick reference for Scite-specific terminology used across the API.