Understand significance | Distari guide

The SIG badge is a scanning aid for the library. It combines relevance to the project brief with citation impact, links to other papers in the library, venue and recency. It is a prompt to inspect a paper, not a substitute for reading it.

List label	Score	Detailed band
High	62–100	Strongly relevant (62–75) or Core to this project (76–100)
Medium	50–61	Supporting
Low	0–49	Peripheral

Hover over the badge to see the exact score, or open the paper and select SIG in its detail header to see the score out of 100, its detailed band and the factors behind it. A dash means no score is available yet; it does not mean Low. Sorting uses the exact score even though the list displays a short label.

SIG breakdown showing a demo score of 73 out of 100 and the relevance, citation impact, library links, venue and recency factors. Compare each factor’s weight and points. — Select SIG in a paper’s detail header to inspect its factors. These fixed demo values illustrate the breakdown; they are not a live assessment of the paper.

Updating the project brief or paper metadata can change a score. Use the Show significance scores preference if you want to hide or show badges in the list.