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  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/compare/cell-vs-nejm/",
  "summary": "Top biology peer-reviewed vs top medicine — both Elsevier paywall, different fields, both tier-1.",
  "a": {
    "slug": "cell",
    "name": "Cell",
    "domain": "cell.com",
    "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/cell/",
    "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/cell.json",
    "scores": {
      "index": {
        "value": 89,
        "grade": "A",
        "rationale": "A — gold-standard biology citation; paywall limits Modern Reference vs open-access peers.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Composite",
            "detail": "Discipline 96 + Modern Reference 78 + Velocity 90."
          }
        ]
      },
      "discipline": {
        "value": 96,
        "grade": "A+",
        "rationale": "Rigorous peer review; high rejection rate; corrections + retractions public; methodology required.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Peer-review rigor",
            "detail": "Among the highest-rejection biology journals; multi-round review standard."
          }
        ]
      },
      "modernReference": {
        "value": 78,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "DOI per paper; Crossref metadata; abstracts open but full text Elsevier-paywalled.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Hybrid open access",
            "detail": "Some papers open via author-paid OA; majority subscription-gated."
          }
        ]
      },
      "velocity": {
        "value": 90,
        "grade": "A",
        "rationale": "Default citation in molecular biology; high impact factor; cross-cited in science press.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Biology-default citation",
            "detail": "Primary peer-reviewed source for high-impact molecular biology results."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
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    "slug": "nejm",
    "name": "New England Journal of Medicine",
    "domain": "nejm.org",
    "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/nejm/",
    "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/nejm.json",
    "scores": {
      "index": {
        "value": 87,
        "grade": "A",
        "rationale": "A — top-tier peer-reviewed medical journal; pandemic-era citation surge sustained.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Composite",
            "detail": "Discipline 96 + Modern Reference 84 + Velocity 81."
          }
        ]
      },
      "discipline": {
        "value": 96,
        "grade": "A+",
        "rationale": "Rigorous peer-review; clinical-trial registration mandatory; data disclosure standards.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "ICMJE compliance",
            "detail": "Strict International Committee of Medical Journal Editors standards."
          }
        ]
      },
      "modernReference": {
        "value": 84,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "DOIs + structured abstracts + open-access policy for COVID + landmark trials.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Open landmark trials",
            "detail": "Selected landmark trials available without paywall."
          }
        ]
      },
      "velocity": {
        "value": 81,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Cited daily by clinicians + AI engines for medical queries; landmark-trial citations spike.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Citation impact factor",
            "detail": "~158 (highest among general medical journals)."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
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    "index": "cell",
    "discipline": null,
    "modernReference": "nejm",
    "velocity": "cell"
  },
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    "methodology": "Cite as: SourceScore Methodology v0.1, sourcescore.org",
    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
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