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# Entity Salience Score

> An entity salience score is a computed measure of how central and prominent a specific entity is within a given document — reflecting how much the document i...

*Measurement* · *Entity & Knowledge Graph*

## Definition

An entity salience score is a computed measure of how central and prominent a specific entity is within a given document — reflecting how much the document is "about" that entity relative to other entities mentioned. Higher salience scores indicate the entity is more central to the document's meaning.

## Why It Matters for AI Search

Entity salience scores are used by AI systems to determine which entities a document is primarily about — and therefore which entities should receive attribution if the document is cited. A brand with high entity salience in a document gets cited as the subject of that document; a brand with low salience is mentioned in passing. For brands producing content, ensuring high entity salience for the brand and its key topics — through consistent naming, central positioning, and deliberate co-occurrence with relevant concepts — increases attribution probability.

## Related Terms

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  <Card title="Entity prominence" href="/ai-search-glossary/entity-prominence" />

  <Card title="Named entity recognition" href="/ai-search-glossary/named-entity-recognition" />

  <Card title="Co-occurrence signal" href="/ai-search-glossary/co-occurrence-signal" />

  <Card title="Entity mention" href="/ai-search-glossary/entity-mention" />
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