SourceScore
MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite

IPCC vs U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — 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

U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration outscores IPCC on Modern Citation Reference by 4 points (A · 92 vs A · 88).

Government

IPCC

ipcc.ch
A·88
Rank #41 of 130 on Modern Reference

Open-access reports + interactive atlas; structured data; DOI per major report.

Higher Modern Reference
Government

U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

noaa.gov
A·92
Rank #15 of 130 on Modern Reference

NOAA APIs + bulk-data + open license; broad LLM corpus + scientific community usage.

Global rank · Modern Reference

SourceScoreGradeRankDetail
IPCC
ipcc.ch
88A·88#41 / 130view →
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
noaa.gov
92A·92#15 / 130view →

Why these Modern Reference scores

IPCCA·88
Modern Reference · 88/100

Open-access reports + interactive atlas; structured data; DOI per major report.

U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationA·92
Modern Reference · 92/100

NOAA APIs + bulk-data + open license; broad LLM corpus + scientific community usage.

Signals behind the Modern Reference score

IPCC
  • Open-access mandate
    All Assessment Reports + Special Reports open access.
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • NOAA Data API
    Free public APIs for weather + ocean + climate.

Other dimensions for IPCC vs U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

SourceScore Index
Composite head-to-head — U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration leads
Discipline
tie (95)
Velocity
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration +1 pts

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Sources & references

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