URL: /rules/eeat/citations

---
title: "Citations"
description: "Checks for citations to authoritative external sources"
---

Checks for citations to authoritative external sources

| | |
|---|---|
| **Rule ID** | `eeat/citations` |
| **Category** | [E-E-A-T](/rules/eeat) |
| **Scope** | Site-wide |
| **Severity** | info |
| **Weight** | 3/10 |

## Solution

Citing authoritative sources builds credibility and supports E-E-A-T. Link to: government sites (.gov), educational institutions (.edu), peer-reviewed research, industry authorities. For health: cite NIH, CDC, WHO, medical journals. Include a sources/references section. Don't cite low-quality or unverified sources.

## Enable / Disable

### Disable this rule

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["eeat/citations"]
```

### Disable all E-E-A-T rules

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["eeat/*"]
```

### Enable only this rule

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
enable = ["eeat/citations"]
disable = ["*"]
```