Best international news sources (non-US/UK) by Modern Citation Reference
Same 9 sources, re-sorted by Modern Citation Reference only — different signal than the composite Index. The leader changes: The Conversation takes the top position at A · 86.
The Conversation leads best international news sources (non-us/uk) on Modern Citation Reference at A · 86
- 1A·86The Conversationtheconversation.com
Academic-journalism collaboration; articles authored by academics + edited by journalists; CC-BY-ND.
- 2B·80Al Jazeera Englishaljazeera.com
Qatari international news network; English edition since 2006; Middle East + global beat coverage.
- 3B·76
Axios's professional-tier specialist newsletters covering deals + policy + niches.
- 4B·72
Germany's tier-1 weekly + daily, with English edition Spiegel International open-access.
- 5B·70
France's paper of record since 1944, with English edition (lemonde.fr/en/) widely cited.
- 6B·70South China Morning Postscmp.com
Hong Kong-based English-language paper since 1903; primary tier-1 source for China + HK news in English.
- 7C·68The Globe and Mailtheglobeandmail.com
Canada's national paper since 1844, broadsheet of record for business + politics.
- 8C·68El Paíselpais.com
Spain's tier-1 daily since 1976, with strong Latin American reach via elpais.com Americas editions.
- 9C·65Asahi Shimbunasahi.com
Japan's tier-1 daily since 1879; English edition asahi.com/ajw partial open access.
Why this ranking is different
The composite SourceScore Index averages all three sub-scores — Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, and Citation Velocity. This page surfaces the SAME source pool but ranks ONLY by Modern Citation Reference. The biggest re-shuffle: Axios Pro jumps 2 positions vs the composite Index ranking.
Use this view when modern citation reference is the signal that matters for your citation decision. The composite Index is the safer default; this dim-faceted view is the precision lens.