Citation Flow
Citation Flow is a Majestic metric (0-100) that measures the raw quantity and link power flowing to a URL or domain, regardless of quality.
Citation Flow is the volume counterpart to trust flow in Majestic's model. It predicts how influential a URL might be purely on the basis of how many links point to it and how much link power those links carry. It says nothing about whether those links are trustworthy.
On its own, Citation Flow is easy to game, so it is most useful as a ratio. Divide Trust Flow by Citation Flow to get a rough trust ratio: a value approaching 1.0 suggests a clean, authoritative profile, while a low ratio (high citations, little trust) is a classic fingerprint of link spam or a manipulated profile.
Treat it as a diagnostic, not a target. A high Citation Flow with a matching low Trust Flow does not mean a site is powerful, it usually means it has accumulated a lot of weak or low-quality links. When vetting a prospect, always check both numbers together rather than chasing Citation Flow alone.