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ENCYCLOPEDIA + STRUCTURED-KNOWLEDGE REFERENCES · BY DISCIPLINE

Best reference works for AI citation by Citation Discipline

Same 4 sources, re-sorted by Citation Discipline only — different signal than the composite Index. The leader changes: Wikipedia (English) takes the top position at A+ · 96.

Leader by Discipline

Wikipedia (English) leads best reference works for ai citation on Citation Discipline at A+ · 96

Discipline mean
94
Average Discipline across these 4 sources
Composite mean
90
Average SourceScore Index across the same 4 sources
Δ vs composite
+4
These sources score higher on Discipline than overall
Same list, different signal
Composite Index (default)By Modern ReferenceBy Velocity
  1. 1
    Wikipedia (English)en.wikipedia.org

    Crowd-edited encyclopedia with ~7M articles and per-article inline citation discipline.

    Discipline A+ · 96·Index A · 94·Reference
    A+·96
  2. 2
    Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophyplato.stanford.edu↑1

    Peer-reviewed philosophy encyclopedia since 1995; gold-standard philosophy reference.

    Discipline A+ · 96·Index A · 89·Reference
    A+·96
  3. 3
    MDN Web Docsdeveloper.mozilla.org↓1

    Mozilla-stewarded web-platform reference since 2005; default citation for HTML, CSS, JS, Web APIs.

    Discipline A · 92·Index A · 93·Reference
    A·92
  4. 4
    Encyclopædia Britannicabritannica.com

    Editor-supervised encyclopedia with named contributors + editorial-board oversight; complement to Wikipedia's crowd-edited model.

    Discipline A · 92·Index A · 85·Reference
    A·92

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 Citation Discipline. The biggest re-shuffle: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy jumps 1 positions vs the composite Index ranking.

Use this view when citation discipline is the signal that matters for your citation decision. The composite Index is the safer default; this dim-faceted view is the precision lens.