STAT News vs The Lancet — Discipline
How rigorously each source backs its factual claims with verifiable evidence.
The Lancet outscores STAT News on Citation Discipline by 7 points (A+ · 95 vs A · 88).
STAT News
Specialist editors with medical/science training; multi-source verification; corrections public.
The Lancet
Peer-review enforced; methodology + data disclosure increasingly mandatory; retraction watch active.
Global rank · Discipline
Why these Discipline scores
Specialist editors with medical/science training; multi-source verification; corrections public.
Peer-review enforced; methodology + data disclosure increasingly mandatory; retraction watch active.
Signals behind the Discipline score
- Specialist editorialEditors with medical-science backgrounds.
- Peer reviewEditor + ≥2 reviewer cycles before publication.
Other dimensions for STAT News vs The Lancet
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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 — STAT News (statnews.com) · verified · full scoring record
- Source evaluated — The Lancet (thelancet.com) · verified · full scoring record
- Scoring rubric — SourceScore Index, Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, Citation Velocity (methodology v0.1)
- Machine-readable record — /api/compare/statnews-vs-the-lancet/discipline.json