Best reference works for AI citation by Modern Citation Reference
Same 4 sources, re-sorted by Modern Citation Reference only — different signal than the composite Index. The leader changes: MDN Web Docs takes the top position at A+ · 95.
MDN Web Docs leads best reference works for ai citation on Modern Citation Reference at A+ · 95
- 1A+·95
Mozilla-stewarded web-platform reference since 2005; default citation for HTML, CSS, JS, Web APIs.
- 2A·92
Crowd-edited encyclopedia with ~7M articles and per-article inline citation discipline.
- 3A·90Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophyplato.stanford.edu
Peer-reviewed philosophy encyclopedia since 1995; gold-standard philosophy reference.
- 4B·82Encyclopædia Britannicabritannica.com
Editor-supervised encyclopedia with named contributors + editorial-board oversight; complement to Wikipedia's crowd-edited model.
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: MDN Web Docs jumps 1 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.