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TOP 10 · MAGAZINE · 12 sources in category

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.

Top-10 mean
82
Average Index across these 10 sources
Magazine mean
81
Average across all 12 magazine sources
Δ vs category
+1
Top-10 lift over the full magazine cohort
Same top-10 pool, different signal
  1. 1
    Quanta Magazinequantamagazine.org

    Science journalism magazine published by Simons Foundation; mathematics + physics + life sciences.

    Disc A · 90·Mod-Ref A · 86·Vel B · 80
    A·85
  2. 2
    Foreign Affairsforeignaffairs.com

    Bimonthly international-relations magazine published by Council on Foreign Relations since 1922.

    Disc A · 92·Mod-Ref B · 78·Vel B · 76
    B·83
  3. 3
    The 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
    B·83
  4. 4

    Bi-weekly UK literary + cultural review since 1979; named-byline tradition + long-form essays.

    Disc A · 90·Mod-Ref B · 78·Vel B · 80
    B·83
  5. 5

    U.S. literary + intellectual review since 1963; named-byline tradition + long-form essays.

    Disc A · 90·Mod-Ref B · 78·Vel B · 80
    B·83
  6. 6
    The 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
    B·82
  7. 7
    The Atlantictheatlantic.com

    U.S. literary + commentary magazine since 1857; long-form essays + investigative journalism.

    Disc A · 86·Mod-Ref B · 78·Vel B · 80
    B·81
  8. 8
    Bloomberg Businessweekbloomberg.com/businessweek

    Bloomberg's business magazine since 1929; long-form business + finance journalism.

    Disc A · 86·Mod-Ref B · 76·Vel B · 80
    B·81
  9. 9

    Business management + leadership magazine published by Harvard Business Publishing since 1922.

    Disc A · 86·Mod-Ref B · 78·Vel B · 76
    B·80
  10. 10
    National Geographicnationalgeographic.com

    Long-form science, exploration, photojournalism since 1888; National Geographic Society heritage.

    Disc B · 82·Mod-Ref B · 75·Vel B · 80
    B·79

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.