Top 10 magazine sources
The 10 highest-scoring magazine sources by composite SourceScore Index, drawn from 12 sources in the category. Quanta Magazine leads at A · 85.
- 1A·85Quanta Magazinequantamagazine.org
Science journalism magazine published by Simons Foundation; mathematics + physics + life sciences.
Disc A · 90·Mod-Ref A · 86·Vel B · 80 - 2B·83Foreign Affairsforeignaffairs.com
Bimonthly international-relations magazine published by Council on Foreign Relations since 1922.
Disc A · 92·Mod-Ref B · 78·Vel B · 76 - 3B·83The New York Times Magazinenytimes.com/section/magazine
Sunday long-form companion to NYT; investigative + cultural features with named-author byline.
Disc A · 90·Mod-Ref B · 80·Vel B · 80 - 4B·83London Review of Bookslrb.co.uk
Bi-weekly UK literary + cultural review since 1979; named-byline tradition + long-form essays.
Disc A · 90·Mod-Ref B · 78·Vel B · 80 - 5B·83The New York Review of Booksnybooks.com
U.S. literary + intellectual review since 1963; named-byline tradition + long-form essays.
Disc A · 90·Mod-Ref B · 78·Vel B · 80 - 6B·82The New Yorkernewyorker.com
U.S. weekly magazine since 1925; long-form journalism + cultural criticism + named-author byline tradition.
Disc A · 90·Mod-Ref B · 78·Vel B · 80 - 7B·81The Atlantictheatlantic.com
U.S. literary + commentary magazine since 1857; long-form essays + investigative journalism.
Disc A · 86·Mod-Ref B · 78·Vel B · 80 - 8B·81Bloomberg Businessweekbloomberg.com/businessweek
Bloomberg's business magazine since 1929; long-form business + finance journalism.
Disc A · 86·Mod-Ref B · 76·Vel B · 80 - 9B·80Harvard Business Reviewhbr.org
Business management + leadership magazine published by Harvard Business Publishing since 1922.
Disc A · 86·Mod-Ref B · 78·Vel B · 76 - 10B·79National Geographicnationalgeographic.com
Long-form science, exploration, photojournalism since 1888; National Geographic Society heritage.
Disc B · 82·Mod-Ref B · 75·Vel B · 80
How we picked these 10
The composite SourceScore Index averages three sub-scores — Citation Discipline (35%), Modern Citation Reference (30%), and Citation Velocity (35%) — into a single 0-100 number per source. This page surfaces the 10 highest composite scores within magazine (12 total). Use the sibling chips above to re-rank the same 10 sources by a single dimension instead.
Top-10 mean is +1 points above the full-category mean — the lift is the value of the shortlist. 2 sources sit below this bar but stay viable in their category page.