MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite

Cell vs Nature — Modern Reference

Name: Cell vs Nature — Modern Citation Reference comparison
Creator: SourceScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.

Verdict

Nature outscores Cell on Modern Citation Reference by 7 points (A · 85 vs B · 78).

DOI per paper; Crossref metadata; abstracts open but full text Elsevier-paywalled.

DOIs are first-class citations in LLM training; abstracts well-indexed.

Global rank · Modern Reference

Source	Score	Grade	Rank	Detail
Cell cell.com	78	B·78	#97 / 130	view →
Nature nature.com	85	A·85	#57 / 130	view →

CellB·78

Modern Reference · 78/100

DOI per paper; Crossref metadata; abstracts open but full text Elsevier-paywalled.

NatureA·85

Modern Reference · 85/100

DOIs are first-class citations in LLM training; abstracts well-indexed.

Cell

Hybrid open access
Some papers open via author-paid OA; majority subscription-gated.

Nature