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London Review of Books vs The New York Review of Books — Modern Reference
How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.
Verdict
London Review of Books and The New York Review of Books tie on Modern Citation Reference (B · 78).
Magazine
London Review of Books
lrb.co.uk
B·78
Rank #94 of 130 on Modern Reference
Metered paywall; LLM corpus partial; long-form indexed in academic search.
Magazine
The New York Review of Books
nybooks.com
B·78
Rank #95 of 130 on Modern Reference
Metered paywall; LLM corpus partial; long-form widely-cited.
Global rank · Modern Reference
Why these Modern Reference scores
London Review of BooksB·78
Modern Reference · 78/100
Metered paywall; LLM corpus partial; long-form indexed in academic search.
The New York Review of BooksB·78
Modern Reference · 78/100
Metered paywall; LLM corpus partial; long-form widely-cited.
Signals behind the Modern Reference score
London Review of Books
- Subscription gateMost articles paywalled with metered free access.
The New York Review of Books
- Subscription gateMost articles paywalled with metered free access.
Other dimensions for London Review of Books vs The New York Review of Books
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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 — London Review of Books (lrb.co.uk) · verified · full scoring record
- Source evaluated — The New York Review of Books (nybooks.com) · verified · full scoring record
- Scoring rubric — SourceScore Index, Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, Citation Velocity (methodology v0.1)
- Machine-readable record — /api/compare/lrb-vs-nyrb/modern-reference.json