What are citations in Zeno?
When Zeno answers a question using legal sources or your uploaded documents, it attaches citations to the statements it makes. A citation links a statement back to the place in the source that supports it.
Click a citation and Zeno opens that source at the relevant page and highlights the passage that supports the statement. You can compare the passage with what Zeno told you before you rely on it.
The result is simple: a citation takes you to the supporting text, not just to the document.
Why this matters
Verifying a statement is faster when you land directly on the text that supports it, instead of reading through a source to find it yourself. Accurate citations let you check Zeno's answer with confidence and get back to your work.
Where you'll see it
Citations appear on statements in Zeno's answers whenever the answer draws on legal sources or documents you have uploaded. This applies across your uploaded documents and the legal sources in Zeno's database.
There is nothing to switch on. Citations work automatically when you're doing Legal Research, and there is no separate feature to activate.
What happens when you click a citation
Open a citation attached to a statement in Zeno's answer.
Zeno opens the source at the relevant page.
The passage that supports the statement is highlighted in context.
How Zeno handles highlights
Exact highlight.
Zeno locates the supporting passage and highlights it on the correct page. For processed documents, highlighting uses the document's own coordinates, so it lands in the right place rather than relying on text matching.
A citation to a whole source.
When a statement refers to a source as a whole rather than one passage, the citation opens the source without a highlight. This is intended.
Could not locate.
When Zeno cannot locate the supporting passage with confidence, it tells you instead of highlighting a section that may be wrong. You then open the source and check it yourself.
Important Points to Note
Scanned documents with OCR errors, unusual layouts, tables, or older documents can still produce an approximate or failed highlight.
Accurate citations improve how quickly you can verify a statement. They do not guarantee that Zeno's statement is legally correct. Your professional judgment stays central.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to turn anything on?
No. Citations and highlighting work automatically when Zeno is reviewing documents or searching sources. There is no setting to enable and no separate feature page.
Why does a citation sometimes open without a highlight?
Either the statement refers to the source as a whole, in which case the source opens without a highlight by design, or Zeno could not locate the exact passage with confidence and has told you so rather than highlighting the wrong text.
Does this work for my own uploaded documents?
Yes. Citations apply to both the legal sources in Zeno's database and the documents you upload.
Additional Resources
To learn how Zeno tells you when it is missing the sources your question needs, read about Source Awareness here.