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      "slug": "biggest-discipline-lead",
      "title": "Sources where Citation Discipline punches above the Index",
      "question": "Which sources score notably higher on Citation Discipline than on the composite SourceScore Index?",
      "summary": "These sources have a Citation Discipline score that exceeds their composite Index — typical of editorially-disciplined publishers whose other dimensions drag the average down.",
      "kind": "dim-vs-composite",
      "dim": "discipline",
      "direction": "lead",
      "shape": null,
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      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/insights/biggest-discipline-lead.json",
      "leader": {
        "slug": "bmj-best-practice",
        "name": "BMJ Best Practice",
        "signal": 13,
        "spread": 22
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "biggest-discipline-lag",
      "title": "Sources where Citation Discipline lags the Index",
      "question": "Which sources have a Citation Discipline score notably below their composite SourceScore Index?",
      "summary": "These sources score well overall but trail on Citation Discipline — usually because of looser citation conventions, footnote sparseness, or weaker source-attribution norms.",
      "kind": "dim-vs-composite",
      "dim": "discipline",
      "direction": "lag",
      "shape": null,
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/biggest-discipline-lag/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/insights/biggest-discipline-lag.json",
      "leader": {
        "slug": "medium",
        "name": "Medium",
        "signal": -18,
        "spread": 30
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "biggest-modern-reference-lead",
      "title": "Sources where Modern Citation Reference outperforms the Index",
      "question": "Which sources have a Modern Reference score that beats their composite Index by the largest margin?",
      "summary": "These sources keep their reference base unusually current — common among newsrooms and rapid-update databases whose primary value is recency.",
      "kind": "dim-vs-composite",
      "dim": "modernReference",
      "direction": "lead",
      "shape": null,
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/biggest-modern-reference-lead/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/insights/biggest-modern-reference-lead.json",
      "leader": {
        "slug": "stack-overflow",
        "name": "Stack Overflow",
        "signal": 12,
        "spread": 16
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "biggest-modern-reference-lag",
      "title": "Sources where Modern Reference trails the Index",
      "question": "Which sources have a Modern Reference score notably below their composite SourceScore Index?",
      "summary": "These sources score well overall but lean on older reference foundations — typical of legacy archives, foundational datasets, and slow-update encyclopedic works.",
      "kind": "dim-vs-composite",
      "dim": "modernReference",
      "direction": "lag",
      "shape": null,
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/biggest-modern-reference-lag/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/insights/biggest-modern-reference-lag.json",
      "leader": {
        "slug": "cell",
        "name": "Cell",
        "signal": -11,
        "spread": 18
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "biggest-velocity-lead",
      "title": "Sources where Citation Velocity outpaces the Index",
      "question": "Which sources have a Citation Velocity score that exceeds their composite Index by the largest margin?",
      "summary": "These sources are cited unusually often in current discourse — typical of breaking-news outlets, viral-research engines, and rapid-citation aggregators.",
      "kind": "dim-vs-composite",
      "dim": "velocity",
      "direction": "lead",
      "shape": null,
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/biggest-velocity-lead/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/insights/biggest-velocity-lead.json",
      "leader": {
        "slug": "daily-mail",
        "name": "Daily Mail",
        "signal": 34,
        "spread": 50
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "biggest-velocity-lag",
      "title": "Sources where Citation Velocity trails the Index",
      "question": "Which sources score well overall but have a notably lower Citation Velocity?",
      "summary": "These sources are quality-strong but slow-cited — often specialist journals, archival sources, or institutions whose authority outlives the citation cycle.",
      "kind": "dim-vs-composite",
      "dim": "velocity",
      "direction": "lag",
      "shape": null,
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/biggest-velocity-lag/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/insights/biggest-velocity-lag.json",
      "leader": {
        "slug": "semantic-scholar",
        "name": "Semantic Scholar",
        "signal": -11,
        "spread": 20
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "most-balanced",
      "title": "The most balanced sources across all three dimensions",
      "question": "Which sources have the tightest spread between their three sub-scores?",
      "summary": "These sources score evenly on Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, and Citation Velocity — no weak link, no outlier strength. The most predictable citation candidates.",
      "kind": "score-shape",
      "dim": null,
      "direction": null,
      "shape": "balanced",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/most-balanced/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/insights/most-balanced.json",
      "leader": {
        "slug": "axios",
        "name": "Axios",
        "signal": 0,
        "spread": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "biggest-spread",
      "title": "The most lopsided sources across the three dimensions",
      "question": "Which sources have the widest spread between their three sub-scores?",
      "summary": "These sources have one or more dimensions far above or below the others — high information value (where they're strong, they're very strong) but require dimension-aware citation choices.",
      "kind": "score-shape",
      "dim": null,
      "direction": null,
      "shape": "spread",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/biggest-spread/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/insights/biggest-spread.json",
      "leader": {
        "slug": "daily-mail",
        "name": "Daily Mail",
        "signal": 50,
        "spread": 50
      }
    }
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  "license": "CC-BY-4.0"
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