SourceScore
Comparator · 25 pairs

Compare sources head-to-head

Side-by-side SourceScore breakdowns across the four sub-scores. Click any pair to see why each side scores what it does on Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, and Citation Velocity.

Academic

  1. Nature
    nature.com
    A·87
    Science
    science.org
    A·86
  2. arXiv
    arxiv.org
    A·89
    PubMed
    pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
    A·94
  3. DOI (CrossRef Resolver)
    doi.org
    A+·95
    Semantic Scholar
    semanticscholar.org
    B·83

Business

  1. Forbes
    forbes.com
    C·58
    The Economist
    economist.com
    B·78

Government

  1. U.S. Food and Drug Administration
    fda.gov
    A·94
    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
    sec.gov
    A+·96
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
    bls.gov
    A·94
    U.S. Census Bureau
    census.gov
    A·94
  3. International Monetary Fund
    imf.org
    A·86
    World Bank
    worldbank.org
    A·88
  4. U.S. National Institutes of Health
    nih.gov
    A+·95
    World Health Organization
    who.int
    A·89
  5. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
    sec.gov
    A+·96
    Wikipedia (English)
    en.wikipedia.org
    A·94

Health

  1. New England Journal of Medicine
    nejm.org
    A·87
    The Lancet
    thelancet.com
    A·86

Lifestyle

  1. BuzzFeed
    buzzfeed.com
    D·42
    Daily Mail
    dailymail.co.uk
    F·38

Magazine

  1. Foreign Affairs
    foreignaffairs.com
    B·83
    The Economist
    economist.com
    B·78

News

  1. The New York Times
    nytimes.com
    A·88
    The Washington Post
    washingtonpost.com
    A·86
  2. Associated Press
    apnews.com
    A·86
    Reuters
    reuters.com
    A·89
  3. Financial Times
    ft.com
    B·84
    The Wall Street Journal
    wsj.com
    A·85
  4. BBC News
    bbc.com
    B·82
    The Guardian
    theguardian.com
    A·85
  5. Al Jazeera English
    aljazeera.com
    B·78
    BBC News
    bbc.com
    B·82
  6. BBC News
    bbc.com
    B·82
    NPR
    npr.org
    B·80
  7. Politico
    politico.com
    B·78
    The Economist
    economist.com
    B·78
  8. The New York Times
    nytimes.com
    A·88
    ProPublica
    propublica.org
    A·86

Reference

  1. Wikipedia (English)
    en.wikipedia.org
    A·94
    Encyclopædia Britannica
    britannica.com
    A·85

Research

  1. Our World in Data
    ourworldindata.org
    A·86
    Pew Research Center
    pewresearch.org
    A·85

Tech News

  1. MIT Technology Review
    technologyreview.com
    B·81
    Wired
    wired.com
    B·76
  2. Ars Technica
    arstechnica.com
    B·76
    The Verge
    theverge.com
    C·66
  3. TechCrunch
    techcrunch.com
    C·64
    The Verge
    theverge.com
    C·66

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