Cochrane Library vs PubMed — Discipline
How rigorously each source backs its factual claims with verifiable evidence.
Cochrane Library and PubMed tie on Citation Discipline (A+ · 96).
Cochrane Library
Methodology-mandatory systematic reviews; transparent inclusion criteria; multi-author review.
PubMed
Indexes peer-reviewed literature only; MeSH controlled-vocabulary tagging maintained by NLM staff.
Global rank · Discipline
Why these Discipline scores
Methodology-mandatory systematic reviews; transparent inclusion criteria; multi-author review.
Indexes peer-reviewed literature only; MeSH controlled-vocabulary tagging maintained by NLM staff.
Signals behind the Discipline score
- Cochrane methodologyMost rigorous evidence-synthesis framework in clinical medicine.
- MeSH headingsSubject indexing curated by NLM editorial staff.
- Peer review filterOnly journals passing NLM selection criteria are indexed.
Other dimensions for Cochrane Library vs PubMed
Other Discipline comparisons
Sources & references
Every score on this page is read from the two publications below and graded against the published rubric. No score is bought, estimated or supplied by the source being scored.
- Source evaluated — Cochrane Library (cochranelibrary.com) · verified · full scoring record
- Source evaluated — PubMed (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) · verified · full scoring record
- Scoring rubric — SourceScore Index, Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, Citation Velocity (methodology v0.1)
- Machine-readable record — /api/compare/cochrane-vs-pubmed/discipline.json