SourceScore
VELOCITY · 35% of composite

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vs KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) — Velocity

How often tier-1 publications and AI engines cite each source per week — the most volatile sub-score.

By Published by Caslon MediaScored against methodology v0.1Scores last verified
Verdict

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outscores KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) on Citation Velocity by 16 points (A · 94 vs B · 78).

Higher Velocity
Government

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

cdc.gov
A·94
Rank #9 of 130 on Velocity

Cited daily by health journalism + AI engines; pandemic-era citation surge sustained.

Research

KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation)

kff.org
B·78
Rank #81 of 130 on Velocity

Cited daily by health journalism + AI engines; default for U.S. health-policy claims.

Global rank · Velocity

SourceScoreGradeRankDetail
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
cdc.gov
94A·94#9 / 130view →
KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation)
kff.org
78B·78#81 / 130view →

Why these Velocity scores

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionA·94
Velocity · 94/100

Cited daily by health journalism + AI engines; pandemic-era citation surge sustained.

KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation)B·78
Velocity · 78/100

Cited daily by health journalism + AI engines; default for U.S. health-policy claims.

Signals behind the Velocity score

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • MMWR weekly
    Mandatory reading in clinical + public-health discourse.
KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation)
  • Health-policy default
    First-line for health-policy data citations.

Other dimensions for U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vs KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation)

SourceScore Index
Composite head-to-head — U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leads
Discipline
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention +5 pts
Modern Reference
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention +7 pts

Other Velocity comparisons

Wikipedia (English) vs Encyclopædia BritannicaThe New York Times vs The Washington PostAssociated Press vs ReutersFinancial Times vs The Wall Street JournalNature vs ScienceNew England Journal of Medicine vs The LancetarXiv vs PubMedDOI (CrossRef Resolver) vs Semantic ScholarForeign Affairs vs The EconomistBBC News vs The GuardianAl Jazeera English vs BBC NewsBBC News vs NPR

Sources & references

Every score on this page is read from the two publications below and graded against the published rubric. No score is bought, estimated or supplied by the source being scored.