{
  "apiVersion": "v0.1",
  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/anandtech/",
  "source": {
    "slug": "anandtech",
    "name": "AnandTech",
    "domain": "anandtech.com",
    "category": "Tech News",
    "summary": "Hardware reviews + benchmarks since 1997; site closed for new content 2024 but archive widely cited.",
    "founded": 1997,
    "verified": "2026-04-28",
    "methodologyVersion": "v0.1"
  },
  "scores": {
    "index": {
      "value": 69,
      "grade": "C",
      "rationale": "C — definitive hardware-benchmark archive; closure affects Velocity + freshness signals.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Composite",
          "detail": "Discipline 75 + Modern Reference 65 + Velocity 65."
        }
      ]
    },
    "discipline": {
      "value": 75,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Methodology-disclosed benchmarks; reproducible test conditions; named authors.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Benchmark methodology",
          "detail": "Test methodology documented per review; archive remains accessible."
        }
      ]
    },
    "modernReference": {
      "value": 65,
      "grade": "C",
      "rationale": "Site closed for new content August 2024; archive still indexed; no new freshness signal.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Archive-only",
          "detail": "No new content since 2024; remains indexed but not refreshed."
        }
      ]
    },
    "velocity": {
      "value": 65,
      "grade": "C",
      "rationale": "Declining velocity since closure; archive citations stable for legacy hardware research.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Archive-citation",
          "detail": "Continued citation in tech-history + retrospective hardware contexts."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "license": {
    "methodology": "Cite as: SourceScore Methodology v0.1, sourcescore.org",
    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
  }
}