Qwen citations tracking
Qwen cites inline on search-augmented answers and leans heavily on the Alibaba ecosystem when it does. Nostimates collects the consumer app, not the cloud integrations, and reports URL frequency across n samples.
How it renders
Inline source links within search-augmented answers.
Sampling
Citation sets are the least stable field we return. The same prompt run n times will produce overlapping but non-identical URL sets, which is why we report frequency across samples rather than a list from one run.
Gotcha
What the API returns
A single collection call against Qwen for the citations field, sampled n times and returned as one object per prompt.
{
"engine": "qwen",
"field": "citations",
"prompt": "best ai visibility tracking tool",
"country": "GB",
"language": "en",
"n": 30,
"citations": [
{
"url": "https://nostimates.com/engines",
"domain": "nostimates.com",
"position": 1,
"sample_frequency": 0.63
},
{
"url": "https://example.org/guide",
"domain": "example.org",
"position": 3,
"sample_frequency": 0.4
}
]
}Response fields
| Key | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| url | string | Absolute URL as the engine rendered it, redirects resolved. |
| domain | string | Registrable domain, normalised for grouping. |
| position | integer | Order within the citation set for that sample. |
| sample_frequency | float | Share of the n samples in which this URL appeared. |
| anchor_text | string | null | Visible anchor or chip label, when the engine renders one. |
| first_seen | date | First run in which this URL appeared for this prompt. |
What it costs
1 credit per prompt per sample. Citations are included in the base collection — no surcharge.
See credit pricing →Qwen citations FAQ
- Which Qwen surface do you collect?
- The consumer app. It is what real users see and the only version worth reporting to a client.
- Do commerce queries cite differently?
- Substantially. Alibaba properties dominate commercial prompts far more than informational ones.
Track Qwen where your customers actually ask
Send your prompt set split by commercial and informational intent and we will price consumer-app collection.
Other Qwen data
Across every engine
Compare how citations behaves on every engine we track.
Citations across all engines →