Sources and Citations
Deep Research queries up to four source types simultaneously and weaves the results into a coherent report. Each piece of information is traced back to its source through inline citations.
The four source types
Web
Searches the live web via the Serper API. Best for:
- Current events and recent news
- Company information and product details
- Market data and industry trends
Web search fetches the top result summaries and URLs. Hubrix does not access full article text behind paywalls.
Wikipedia
Searches Wikipedia's article database. Best for:
- Background context on concepts, technologies, and fields
- Historical information
- Definitions and terminology
Wikipedia results are reliable for well-established topics but may be outdated for fast-moving subjects.
Academic
Searches peer-reviewed academic literature via OpenAlex — a free, open catalogue of academic papers. Best for:
- Scientific and technical topics
- Research-backed claims with proper citations
- Literature surveys
Papers are cited with author, title, journal, and year where available.
Academic search returns abstracts and metadata, not full paper text (unless the paper is open-access). For deep technical research, academic sources give authoritative citations but may have limited detail in the report body.
Workspace Docs
Searches your Hubrix document library using RAG. Best for:
- Incorporating your company's internal knowledge into a report
- Combining public information with private context
- Answering questions that require both external research and internal data
Workspace Doc citations reference the document name and the relevant chunk.
How citations appear in reports
Citations are numbered sequentially — [1], [2], etc. — and appear inline immediately after the claim they support. At the end of every report, a References section lists all sources in order with:
- For web: page title and URL
- For Wikipedia: article title and Wikipedia link
- For academic: paper title, authors, journal, year, and DOI if available
- For workspace docs: document name
Verifying a citation
To check a citation:
- Find the
[n]reference in the report body. - Scroll to the References section and find item
[n]. - Click the link to open the original source.
Always verify critical claims against the original source. AI synthesis can introduce subtle inaccuracies — the citation tells you where to look, but the original source is the authoritative record.
Choosing your sources
You can select any combination of the four source types when starting a research job. Select only what's relevant:
- For internal-only research: use Workspace Docs only
- For technical topics needing evidence: add Academic
- For current events: prioritise Web
- For broad, well-established topics: Web plus Wikipedia is usually sufficient
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