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ChenLiu-1996/CitationMap
Default branch main · commit 2f39480c · scanned 6/7/2026, 7:42:40 PM
GitHub: 709 stars · 63 forks
Action plan is what to do next — copy-pasteable changes prioritized by impact. Category visibility is the real GEO test: when a user asks an AI a brand-free question that should surface ChenLiu-1996/CitationMap, does the AI actually recommend you — or your competitors? Objective checks verify the metadata signals AI engines weight first. Self-mention check detects whether AI even knows you exist by name.
Action plan — copy-paste fixes
3 prioritized changes generated by gemini-2.5-flash. Mark items done after you ship the fix.
- highreadme#1Reposition README to clarify project identity and unique value
Why:
CURRENTThe current README starts with a strong title but the AI still misunderstands the project's nature.
COPY-PASTE FIXAdd a clear, concise statement early in the README, e.g., 'CitationMap is a standalone, pip-installable Python tool designed specifically for researchers to visualize their personal Google Scholar citations on a world map. It is the world's first free tool for this purpose, not a university project or a general citation network analysis system.'
- highhomepage#2Update homepage to point to the tool's primary presence
Why:
CURRENThttps://openreview.net/pdf?id=BqJgCgl1IA
COPY-PASTE FIXhttps://pypi.org/project/citation-map/
- mediumlicense#3Clarify the license in the README
Why:
COPY-PASTE FIXAdd a section or line in the README, e.g., 'This project is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). See the LICENSE file for details.'
Category GEO backends resolved for this scan: google/gemini-2.5-flash, deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash
Category visibility — the real GEO test
Brand-free queries asked to google/gemini-2.5-flash. Did AI recommend you, or someone else?
Same questions for every model — switch tabs to compare answers and rankings.
- Google My Maps · recommended 1×
- Tableau Public · recommended 1×
- QGIS · recommended 1×
- Python · recommended 1×
- Folium · recommended 1×
- CATEGORY QUERYHow can I visualize my academic citations on a world map using Google Scholar data?you: not recommendedAI recommended (in order):
- Google My Maps
- Tableau Public
- QGIS
- Python
- Folium
- Plotly
- Geopandas
AI recommended 7 alternatives but never named ChenLiu-1996/CitationMap. This is the gap to close.
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- CATEGORY QUERYPython tool to generate a geographical visualization of my Google Scholar research impact?you: not recommendedAI recommended (in order):
- scholar (scholarly-python-package/scholarly)
- geopandas
- matplotlib
- folium
- pandas
- geopy
- plotly
- requests
- BeautifulSoup
- bokeh
- Google Earth Engine
AI recommended 11 alternatives but never named ChenLiu-1996/CitationMap. This is the gap to close.
Show full AI answer
Objective checks
Rule-based audits of metadata signals AI engines weight most.
- Metadata completenesspass
- README presencepass
Self-mention check
Does AI even know your repo exists when asked about it directly?
- Compared to common alternatives in this category, what is the core differentiator of ChenLiu-1996/CitationMap?passAI did not name ChenLiu-1996/CitationMap — likely talking about a different project
AI answers can be confidently wrong. Read for accuracy: does it match your actual tech stack, audience, and differentiator?
- If a team adopts ChenLiu-1996/CitationMap in production, what risks or prerequisites should they evaluate first?passAI named ChenLiu-1996/CitationMap explicitly
AI answers can be confidently wrong. Read for accuracy: does it match your actual tech stack, audience, and differentiator?
- In one sentence, what problem does the repo ChenLiu-1996/CitationMap solve, and who is the primary audience?passAI named ChenLiu-1996/CitationMap explicitly
AI answers can be confidently wrong. Read for accuracy: does it match your actual tech stack, audience, and differentiator?
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