{
  "altLabels": [
    "At-K Metric",
    "Top-K Metric",
    "Metric@K"
  ],
  "definition": "A family of evaluation metrics computed over only the top K retrieved or ranked results.",
  "derivedRelations": [
    {
      "target": "ndcg",
      "type": "narrower"
    },
    {
      "target": "precision-at-k",
      "type": "narrower"
    },
    {
      "target": "recall-at-k",
      "type": "narrower"
    },
    {
      "target": "success-at-k",
      "type": "narrower"
    }
  ],
  "id": "cutoff-metric",
  "kind": "Metric",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
  "links": [
    {
      "label": "Evaluation of ranked retrieval results",
      "type": "canonicalSurvey",
      "url": "https://nlp.stanford.edu/IR-book/html/htmledition/evaluation-of-ranked-retrieval-results-1.html"
    }
  ],
  "modifiedAt": "2026-09-14T06:43:46Z",
  "prefLabel": "Cutoff Metric",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Searchplex",
    "url": "https://searchplex.net/"
  },
  "relations": [
    {
      "target": "precision-metric",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "ranking",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "recall-metric",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "retrieval",
      "type": "related"
    }
  ],
  "representations": {
    "html": "https://id.searchplex.net/cutoff-metric/",
    "json": "https://id.searchplex.net/cutoff-metric.json",
    "jsonld": "https://id.searchplex.net/cutoff-metric.jsonld"
  },
  "scheme": "https://id.searchplex.net/scheme/",
  "scopeNote": "Cutoff metrics are commonly written with an @K suffix, such as Precision@K, Recall@K, Success@K, or nDCG@K. They evaluate effectiveness at a user- or system-relevant rank cutoff rather than over an unbounded result list.",
  "status": "published",
  "uri": "https://id.searchplex.net/cutoff-metric/"
}