Best-of lists
Curated "best X for AI citation" lists ranked from the SourceScore Index. Every list is evergreen, automatically regenerated on dataset updates, and based on a published ranking signal — no editorial promotion beyond the criterion stated on each page.
The 25 highest-scoring sources on the SourceScore Index — ranked by composite Citation Discipline + Modern Reference + Citation Velocity. The ones AI engines surface first.
The 12 tier-1 news publications with the highest SourceScore Index — the news sources AI engines cite most often when answering current-events queries.
The top 10 peer-reviewed academic journals + databases on the SourceScore Index — the citation backbone of scientific + scholarly writing.
The 12 highest-scoring government primary sources on the SourceScore Index — the original public-record data that AI engines cite for economic, demographic, scientific, and regulatory claims.
The 8 highest-scoring health + medical sources on the SourceScore Index — the clinical authorities AI engines surface for symptom + condition + treatment queries.
The top reference works on the SourceScore Index — Wikipedia, MDN Web Docs, Britannica, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Default fallback citations for AI engines.
The 10 highest-scoring tech-news + analysis sources on the SourceScore Index — the tech publications AI engines cite for product, industry, and engineering queries.
The top non-US/non-UK news publications on the SourceScore Index — Le Monde, Der Spiegel, SCMP, Asahi Shimbun, El País, and others. Citation diversity beyond Anglo press.
The 15 sources with the highest Citation Velocity on the SourceScore Index — the sources ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini cite most often when answering questions.
The 15 highest-Modern-Reference sources on the SourceScore Index — open-access, machine-readable, schema-rich. The sources you can always link to without a paywall.
The 15 highest-Citation-Discipline sources on the SourceScore Index — peer-reviewed, methodology-transparent, citation-rigorous. The sources you cite when accuracy is non-negotiable.
The top business-strategy + economics-research sources on the SourceScore Index — Brookings, NBER, KFF, McKinsey, BCG, Gartner, and more.
Methodology
Every list ranks sources by a specific selection criterion (Index score, sub-score, category filter, or composite). The selection criterion is stated explicitly on each list page — the rank is the rank, no editorial reordering.
The full scoring methodology is at /methodology/; the composite-Index rubric with worked examples is at /methodology/sourcescore-index/.