{
  "apiVersion": "v1",
  "methodology": "v0.1",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/most-balanced/",
  "facet": {
    "type": "insight",
    "slug": "most-balanced"
  },
  "insight": {
    "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",
    "shape": "balanced",
    "signalDefinition": "max − min spread (small = balanced)"
  },
  "count": 5,
  "answer": {
    "sourceSlug": "axios",
    "sourceName": "Axios",
    "signal": 0,
    "spread": 0,
    "verdict": "Axios has the smallest sub-score spread (0 points across all three dimensions)."
  },
  "rows": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "slug": "axios",
      "name": "Axios",
      "domain": "axios.com",
      "category": "News",
      "summary": "U.S. news brand emphasizing 'smart brevity'; political + business + tech beat coverage since 2017.",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/axios/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/axios.json",
      "composite": 78,
      "compositeGrade": "B",
      "values": {
        "discipline": 80,
        "modernReference": 80,
        "velocity": 80
      },
      "signal": 0,
      "spread": 0
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "slug": "nih-gov",
      "name": "U.S. National Institutes of Health",
      "domain": "nih.gov",
      "category": "Government",
      "summary": "U.S. federal medical research agency operating PubMed, NCBI, MedlinePlus, and trial registries.",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/nih-gov/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/nih-gov.json",
      "composite": 95,
      "compositeGrade": "A+",
      "values": {
        "discipline": 95,
        "modernReference": 94,
        "velocity": 96
      },
      "signal": 2,
      "spread": 2
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "slug": "guardian",
      "name": "The Guardian",
      "domain": "theguardian.com",
      "category": "News",
      "summary": "British newspaper with open-web-first publishing model; no paywall, broad LLM corpus inclusion.",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/guardian/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/guardian.json",
      "composite": 85,
      "compositeGrade": "A",
      "values": {
        "discipline": 85,
        "modernReference": 86,
        "velocity": 84
      },
      "signal": 2,
      "spread": 2
    },
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "slug": "census-gov",
      "name": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "domain": "census.gov",
      "category": "Government",
      "summary": "Federal statistical agency for U.S. demographic + economic data; primary-source decennial census + ACS surveys.",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/census-gov/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/census-gov.json",
      "composite": 94,
      "compositeGrade": "A",
      "values": {
        "discipline": 95,
        "modernReference": 94,
        "velocity": 93
      },
      "signal": 2,
      "spread": 2
    },
    {
      "rank": 5,
      "slug": "bls-gov",
      "name": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "domain": "bls.gov",
      "category": "Government",
      "summary": "Federal statistical agency for U.S. labor + price data; CPI, employment, unemployment, productivity.",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/bls-gov/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/bls-gov.json",
      "composite": 94,
      "compositeGrade": "A",
      "values": {
        "discipline": 95,
        "modernReference": 93,
        "velocity": 94
      },
      "signal": 2,
      "spread": 2
    }
  ],
  "siblingInsights": [
    {
      "slug": "biggest-discipline-lead",
      "title": "Sources where Citation Discipline punches above the Index",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/biggest-discipline-lead/"
    },
    {
      "slug": "biggest-discipline-lag",
      "title": "Sources where Citation Discipline lags the Index",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/biggest-discipline-lag/"
    },
    {
      "slug": "biggest-modern-reference-lead",
      "title": "Sources where Modern Citation Reference outperforms the Index",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/biggest-modern-reference-lead/"
    },
    {
      "slug": "biggest-modern-reference-lag",
      "title": "Sources where Modern Reference trails the Index",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/biggest-modern-reference-lag/"
    },
    {
      "slug": "biggest-velocity-lead",
      "title": "Sources where Citation Velocity outpaces the Index",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/biggest-velocity-lead/"
    },
    {
      "slug": "biggest-velocity-lag",
      "title": "Sources where Citation Velocity trails the Index",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/biggest-velocity-lag/"
    },
    {
      "slug": "biggest-spread",
      "title": "The most lopsided sources across the three dimensions",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/biggest-spread/"
    }
  ],
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0"
}