MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite

CERN vs European Space Agency — Modern Reference

Name: CERN vs European Space Agency — 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.

By the SourceScore Editorial TeamPublished by Caslon MediaScored against methodology v0.1Scores last verified 28 Apr 2026

Verdict

CERN outscores European Space Agency on Modern Citation Reference by 3 points (A · 91 vs A · 88).

Higher Modern Reference

Academic

CERN

home.cern

A·91

Rank #21 of 130 on Modern Reference

Open data portal + ROOT framework + bulk physics data.

Government

European Space Agency

esa.int

A·88

Rank #39 of 130 on Modern Reference

Open data + ESA Open Science Repository + bulk imagery.

Global rank · Modern Reference

Source	Score	Grade	Rank	Detail
CERN home.cern	91	A·91	#21 / 130	view →
European Space Agency esa.int	88	A·88	#39 / 130	view →

Why these Modern Reference scores

CERNA·91

Modern Reference · 91/100

Open data portal + ROOT framework + bulk physics data.

European Space AgencyA·88

Modern Reference · 88/100

Open data + ESA Open Science Repository + bulk imagery.

Signals behind the Modern Reference score

CERN

CERN Open Data Portal
Public access to experimental physics datasets.

European Space Agency

ESA Open Science
Public access to mission data + research.

Other dimensions for CERN vs European Space Agency

SourceScore Index

Composite head-to-head — CERN leads

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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.

Source evaluated — CERN (home.cern) · verified 28 Apr 2026 · full scoring record
Source evaluated — European Space Agency (esa.int) · verified 28 Apr 2026 · full scoring record
Scoring rubric — SourceScore Index, Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, Citation Velocity (methodology v0.1)
Machine-readable record — /api/compare/cern-vs-esa/modern-reference.json