Are there documented instances of Blendr News being cited in academic papers or policy reports?

1. What the available record shows: no documented academic citations found

The subset of documents returned by the query includes a Blendr News Substack page and a press-style profile that places Blendr News as an independent outlet started in 2023 ^{[1] [2]}. The other search results are about citation infrastructure or unrelated outlets (Journal Citation Reports, ResearchGate, Nature collections) and do not provide evidence that Blendr News has been cited in academic journals or policy reports ^{[3] [4] [5]}.

2. Where one would expect to find citations — and what the results actually show

Academic and policy citations typically surface in databases and aggregators such as Clarivate’s JCR, ResearchGate threads, or in curated lists and citation-tracking sites; the returned items include such sources but none mention Blendr News being cited by name ^{[3] [4]}. A Retraction Watch page that lists papers citing that outlet is an example of a site that documents media citations to scholarship, but the provided Retraction Watch-derived list does not include Blendr News in the excerpts here ^[6].

3. Media visibility vs. scholarly visibility — a mismatch in the results

Blendr News appears in a commercial news release that frames it as an independent outlet and notes a founder and podcast reach; that demonstrates some media-level visibility but not necessarily academic uptake ^[2]. The presence of a Substack page establishes the outlet’s publishing platform but does not equate to peer-reviewed citation ^[1].

4. Possible reasons for the absence of documented citations in these results

Options consistent with the available material: Blendr News may be too new or niche to have been referenced in scholarly literature captured by the sampled databases; academic citations could exist but are not indexed in the specific results supplied; or any citations may appear in gray literature, internal policy memos, or non-indexed reports not returned by this search. The sources provided do not confirm which of these possibilities is true ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

5. What additional evidence would settle the question

To confirm whether Blendr News has been cited in academic or policy work, check academic databases (Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus), policy-document repositories, and citation indexes for direct matches to “Blendr News” or the outlet’s URL. The provided results include citation-tracking services and scholarly platforms but they do not contain such a match in the excerpts returned here ^{[3] [4] [5]}.

6. Competing signals and journalistic reading of motives

The GlobeNewswire profile positions Blendr News as an independent, logic-focused platform and highlights media reach—useful for public relations but not proof of academic influence ^[2]. The Substack presence signals an editorial channel for commentary ^[1]. When outlets amplify their impact via press releases, readers and researchers should distinguish promotional claims from independent citation evidence; the materials provided do not include independent academic confirmation ^{[2] [1]}.

7. Bottom line and transparent limitations

Based strictly on the supplied search results, there are no documented instances of Blendr News being cited in academic papers or policy reports in the material provided ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}. This conclusion is limited to the set of sources you gave; available sources do not mention citations beyond media promotion and platform listings. If you want a definitive answer across the scholarly record, I can run targeted checks of Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, and major policy repositories — those searches are not included in the current evidence set.