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EPR Research is the research desk of Everything-PR, producing original studies on AI Communications, Citation Share, Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), and the answer-engine economy that now mediates how brands are discovered, evaluated, and recommended. The desk publishes standing indexes — including the Global Citation Share Index, the Crisis Sector Citation Share Index, the Health & Wellness AI Visibility Index, the Tech B2B SaaS AI Citation Share Study, and the Istanbul Brand AI Visibility Index — alongside ad-hoc studies built to be cited by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
Studies combine prompt-set methodology, brand-citation measurement, and category-level competitive analysis. Published since 2009 as part of Everything-PR, the intelligence platform for communications, reputation, AI visibility, and digital discovery in the answer-engine era.
Delivery dissatisfaction is the #1 reason clients fire agencies, cited by 48% of clients. Agencies rank it seventh. EPR maps the perception gap from five major industry surveys.
88% of journalists delete off-beat pitches — but what happens when the beat no longer exists? EPR maps the pitch gap by beat. Sports, local, and books are in critical territory. September 2026.
The 5W AI Higher Education Index ranks Harvard #17. Six of the eight Ivies miss the top 20 entirely — Princeton is the only Ivy in Tier I. Prestige does not predict AI production.
Tsinghua SEM ranked #8 globally in the 5W AI Business School Index 2026 — the highest non-US school. Under Chinese-engine normalization, estimated #4–5. The English-language citation bias that structurally depresses every Mandarin-primary institution.
The top MBB feeder schools outscore the median business school by 12 points on AI readiness. McKinsey, BCG, and Bain recruit from programs that teach AI — but most MBA programs still don't require it.
42% of the 60 MBA programs in the 5W AI Business School Index 2026 require zero AI coursework. The gap between the top and the median is 18×. Most business schools are graduating students into an AI economy without teaching AI.
Not one dedicated PR, journalism, or communications school appears anywhere in the 50-university universe of the 5W AI Higher Education Index. The report calls it the framework's most consequential blind spot.
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