> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scite.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Glossary

> Quick reference for Scite-specific terminology used across the API.

| Term                           | Meaning                                                                                                                                                             |
| ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Target**                     | The publication being cited. See [Citations & Tallies](/concepts/citation-model).                                                                                   |
| **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](/concepts/citation-model)).                        |
| **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.                 |