Academic sources ranked by Citation Velocity

Academic ranked by Velocity

1. #1
   DOI (CrossRef Resolver)doi.org

   Resolved billions of times per year; underpins every modern academic citation.

   vs cat. mean: +14·full breakdown →
   A+·95
2. #2
   PubMedpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

   Cited daily by clinicians, researchers, AI engines; default biomedical retrieval source.

   vs cat. mean: +13·full breakdown →
   A·94
3. #3
   arXivarxiv.org

   Cited daily by ML/AI papers; default reference for current AI research; ChatGPT/Claude pull arxiv frequently.

   vs cat. mean: +12·full breakdown →
   A·93
4. #4
   PNASpnas.org

   Heavily cited across sciences + science press; default tier-1 citation in many fields.

   vs cat. mean: +9·full breakdown →
   A·90
5. #5
   Cellcell.com

   Default citation in molecular biology; high impact factor; cross-cited in science press.

   vs cat. mean: +9·full breakdown →
   A·90
6. #6
   CERNhome.cern

   Cited by science journalism + physics papers; major discoveries drive citation surges.

   vs cat. mean: +8·full breakdown →
   A·89
7. #7
   Cochrane Librarycochranelibrary.com

   Default evidence-citation in clinical guidelines; high citation across medical literature.

   vs cat. mean: +4·full breakdown →
   A·85
8. #8
   National Bureau of Economic Researchnber.org

   Cited regularly by economists + economic journalism + AI engines.

   vs cat. mean: +1·full breakdown →
   B·82
9. #9
   Naturenature.com

   Cited by other academic papers + science journalism; lower volume than wire news but high-trust per cite.

   vs cat. mean: -1·full breakdown →
   B·80
10. #10
    Sciencescience.org

    Cited by science journalism + research; lower volume but high per-cite trust.

    vs cat. mean: -1·full breakdown →
    B·80
11. #11
    Association for Computing Machinerydl.acm.org

    Cited by CS research + tech press; specialist academic authority.

    vs cat. mean: -1·full breakdown →
    B·80
12. #12
    JSTORjstor.org

    Heavy academic citation; less in news + AI-engine retrieval due to access gates.

    vs cat. mean: -1·full breakdown →
    B·80
13. #13
    Google DeepMind Researchdeepmind.google

    Cited by AI research + biology + games press; landmark publications drive cycles.

    vs cat. mean: -5·full breakdown →
    B·76
14. #14
    OpenAI Researchopenai.com

    Cited by AI research + tech press globally; major model releases drive cycles.

    vs cat. mean: -5·full breakdown →
    B·76
15. #15
    Semantic Scholarsemanticscholar.org

    Cited within academic + AI research; lower volume than DOI/PubMed but high-quality.

    vs cat. mean: -9·full breakdown →
    B·72
16. #16
    eLifeelifesciences.org

    Cited within life-sciences research; lower volume than NEJM/Lancet but high open-access reach.

    vs cat. mean: -9·full breakdown →
    B·72
17. #17
    Anthropic Researchanthropic.com

    Cited within AI research + tech press; growing share of citation in AI/safety space.

    vs cat. mean: -9·full breakdown →
    B·72
18. #18
    MIT CSAILcsail.mit.edu

    Cited within CS research + tech press; specialist academic citation.

    vs cat. mean: -9·full breakdown →
    B·72
19. #19
    PLOS ONEjournals.plos.org

    High volume but per-paper citation lower than top-tier; mass-base of academic citations.

    vs cat. mean: -11·full breakdown →
    B·70