SourceScore
MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite

eLife vs PLOS ONE — Modern Reference

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

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Verdict

eLife and PLOS ONE tie on Modern Citation Reference (A · 88).

Academic

eLife

elifesciences.org
A·88
Rank #35 of 130 on Modern Reference

CC-BY licensed; APIs + bulk corpus; broad LLM training-data inclusion.

Academic

PLOS ONE

journals.plos.org
A·88
Rank #36 of 130 on Modern Reference

CC-BY licensed; full-text APIs; broad LLM corpus + academic search inclusion.

Global rank · Modern Reference

SourceScoreGradeRankDetail
eLife
elifesciences.org
88A·88#35 / 130view →
PLOS ONE
journals.plos.org
88A·88#36 / 130view →

Why these Modern Reference scores

eLifeA·88
Modern Reference · 88/100

CC-BY licensed; APIs + bulk corpus; broad LLM training-data inclusion.

PLOS ONEA·88
Modern Reference · 88/100

CC-BY licensed; full-text APIs; broad LLM corpus + academic search inclusion.

Signals behind the Modern Reference score

eLife
  • Creative Commons
    Open license enables broad LLM usage.
PLOS ONE
  • Open-access standard
    Pioneered the open-access publishing model.

Other dimensions for eLife vs PLOS ONE

SourceScore Index
Composite head-to-head — eLife leads
Discipline
eLife +6 pts
Velocity
eLife +2 pts

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Sources & references

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