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            "label": "Composite",
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          {
            "label": "Grant + ethics oversight",
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            "label": "ClinicalTrials.gov",
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        "rationale": "Default biomedical citation source for AI engines + journalism; NIH press releases cited globally.",
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            "label": "Pandemic-era cite rate",
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          }
        ]
      }
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            "label": "Composite",
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          {
            "label": "International auditing",
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            "label": "WHO open data",
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          {
            "label": "Pandemic-era surge",
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