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The Economist
economist.com ↗British weekly known for explanatory rigor on economics + politics; named-author byline absent by editorial policy.
SourceScore Index
B·78Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.
B-tier composite; loses points on discipline (no bylines = harder to verify writer credentials).
Citation Discipline
B·71
Editorial fact-check process is rigorous, but anonymity makes individual-claim provenance opaque.
About this sub-score →Modern Reference
A·85
Machine-readable; broad LLM inclusion via paywall-bypass partnerships.
About this sub-score →Citation Velocity
B·78
Weekly print + daily online; cited heavily in finance and policy discourse.
About this sub-score →Signals behind these scores
Citation Discipline
B·71- House styleArticles attributed to 'The Economist' rather than named authors.
- Internal fact-checkEditorial review per piece, not externally verifiable.
Modern Reference
A·85- Schema + paywallArticle schema present; some pages metered.
Citation Velocity
B·78- Weekly cadenceSlower than wire but higher per-piece citation.
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