{
  "kind": "answer",
  "studySlug": "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation",
  "slug": "does-authorship-look-important-on-cited-pages",
  "title": "Does authorship look important on cited pages?",
  "description": "Yes. Person schema is the most overrepresented schema type in the benchmark at 9.4x the web average, which suggests cited pages often make authorship explicit.",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-03-30",
  "lastTested": "2026-03-30",
  "sourceStudyUrl": "/trakkr-research/anatomy-of-an-ai-citation",
  "sourceStudyTitle": "The Anatomy of an AI Citation",
  "claimIds": [
    "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation:person-lift",
    "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation:schema-rate"
  ],
  "relatedSlugs": [
    "answer:are-canonical-and-open-graph-tags-common-on-cited-pages",
    "answer:is-schema-enough-on-its-own-to-earn-ai-citations",
    "fact:nearly-four-in-five-cited-pages-are-over-one-thousand-words",
    "tracker:schema-type-lift-tracker"
  ],
  "methodologySummary": "Built from 1,465 AI-cited pages across 950 domains, using 28,033 citation opportunities and page-level crawl analysis.",
  "limitations": [
    "Most findings are correlational. Overrepresented traits are not the same as proven causal lifts.",
    "Some subgroups, especially FAQ Schema + FAQ Content, are relatively small and should be read carefully.",
    "The study looks at cited pages rather than all uncited pages in the open web, so it is best used as a benchmark profile."
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "AI cited pages",
    "schema markup AI",
    "FAQ schema",
    "citability",
    "authorship AI citations",
    "person schema AI"
  ],
  "schemaHints": {
    "pageType": "Article",
    "includeDataset": true
  },
  "question": "Does authorship look important on cited pages?",
  "directAnswer": "Yes. Person schema is the most overrepresented schema type in the benchmark at 9.4x the web average, indicating cited pages frequently make authorship explicit.",
  "answerSummary": "Explicit authorship contributes to the trust profile of AI-cited pages, signaling that verifiable human expertise aids machine extraction.",
  "keyFacts": [
    {
      "label": "Person schema lift",
      "value": "9.4x",
      "detail": "Person schema over-indexes heavily on cited pages.",
      "claimId": "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation:person-lift"
    },
    {
      "label": "Pages with schema",
      "value": "67.8%",
      "detail": "Share of cited pages with schema markup.",
      "claimId": "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation:schema-rate"
    }
  ],
  "evidenceTable": [
    {
      "label": "Person schema lift",
      "value": "9.4x",
      "note": "Person schema over-indexes heavily on cited pages."
    },
    {
      "label": "Pages with schema",
      "value": "67.8%",
      "note": "Share of cited pages with schema markup."
    }
  ],
  "whyItMatters": "Operators must prioritize visible and structured authorship when publishing or refreshing content, as machine readability of author credentials directly impacts citation likelihood.",
  "whatToDo": [
    "Make answer pages denser, more structured, and more explicit about authorship and freshness.",
    "Use schema where it helps machine readability, but avoid treating markup as a substitute for strong content.",
    "Design pages to be extractable with concise answers, tables, lists, authors, and clearly marked evidence."
  ],
  "faqs": [
    {
      "question": "How common is schema markup on cited pages overall?",
      "answer": "Currently, 67.8% of cited pages utilize schema markup."
    },
    {
      "question": "How much more common is Person schema on cited pages compared to the web average?",
      "answer": "Person schema over-indexes heavily on cited pages with a lift of 9.4x."
    }
  ]
}