Top 10 academic by Citation Discipline

The same 10 academic sources from the composite top-10, re-ranked by Citation Discipline only. PubMed takes the top position at A+ · 96.

1. 1
   PubMedpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov↑1

   U.S. National Library of Medicine literature index covering ~36M biomedical citations.

   Discipline A+ · 96·Index A · 94
   A+·96
2. 2
   CERNhome.cern↑1

   European Organization for Nuclear Research; primary source for particle physics + experimental high-energy physics.

   Discipline A+ · 96·Index A · 92
   A+·96
3. 3
   PNASpnas.org↑1

   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal since 1914.

   Discipline A+ · 96·Index A · 92
   A+·96
4. 4
   Cellcell.com↑2

   Top biology journal since 1974, published by Elsevier (Cell Press); the default citation in molecular biology.

   Discipline A+ · 96·Index A · 89
   A+·96
5. 5
   Cochrane Librarycochranelibrary.com↑3

   Gold-standard systematic-review database for medical evidence since 1993.

   Discipline A+ · 96·Index A · 87
   A+·96
6. 6
   Naturenature.com↑1

   Peer-reviewed science journal with rigorous methodology disclosure and open-data trends.

   Discipline A+ · 95·Index A · 87
   A+·95
7. 7
   Sciencescience.org↑2

   Peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal of AAAS; one of the two flagship general-science venues.

   Discipline A+ · 95·Index A · 86
   A+·95
8. 8
   DOI (CrossRef Resolver)doi.org↓7

   International standard identifier resolver for academic citations (~150M+ DOIs).

   Discipline A · 92·Index A+ · 95
   A·92
9. 9
   National Bureau of Economic Researchnber.org↑1

   U.S. economic research nonprofit; working-paper series + business-cycle dating standards.

   Discipline A · 92·Index A · 85
   A·92
10. 10
    arXivarxiv.org↓5

    Open-access preprint server for physics, mathematics, computer science; ~2.4M papers since 1991.

    Discipline B · 78·Index A · 89
    B·78