STRONG CITATION QUALITY · GOVERNMENT

A-grade Government sources

Name: A-grade government sources — SourceScore facet
Creator: SourceScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

26 government sources score A (85–94) on the SourceScore Index. Within this facet, the mean Citation Discipline is 93, Modern Reference 90, and Citation Velocity 88.

#1
U.S. Census Bureau
census.gov
A·94
#2
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
bls.gov
A·94
#3
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
fda.gov
A·94
#4
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
cdc.gov
A·94
#5
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
noaa.gov
A·93
#6
European Central Bank
ecb.europa.eu
A·93
#7
NASA
nasa.gov
A·93
#8
European Commission
ec.europa.eu
A·92
#9
Bank of England
bankofengland.co.uk
A·92
#10
U.S. Energy Information Administration
eia.gov
A·92
#11
European Medicines Agency
ema.europa.eu
A·91
#12
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
uspto.gov
A·91
#13
U.S. Department of Agriculture
usda.gov
A·91
#14
U.S. Geological Survey
usgs.gov
A·91
#15
OECD
oecd.org
A·91
#16
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
fred.stlouisfed.org
A·91
#17
IPCC
ipcc.ch
A·91
#18
World Health Organization
who.int
A·89
#19
World Trade Organization
wto.org
A·89
#20
World Bank
worldbank.org
A·88
#21
Eurostat
ec.europa.eu/eurostat
A·88
#22
ONS (UK)
ons.gov.uk
A·87
#23
International Monetary Fund
imf.org
A·86
#24
UNESCO
en.unesco.org
A·86
#25
European Space Agency
esa.int
A·86
#26
BEA
bea.gov
A·86

What A-grade government sources have in common

Every source on this page combines two filters: a Government publication category and a A-grade SourceScore Index. That intersection means these sources share a structural profile — they meet the editorial and citation-quality bar of A-grade (85–94) AND they operate within the government category's specific publication norms.

The within-facet sub-score means above (93 / 90 / 88) tell you how this facet differs from the A-grade average overall. A higher Discipline mean than the A average means government sources in this band cite more rigorously than other A-grade categories; a lower Modern Reference mean usually flags structural access limitations (paywalls, legacy infrastructure) typical of governmentpublishing.