SourceScore
MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite

U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vs U.S. Geological Survey — 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 U.S. Geological Survey on Modern Citation Reference by 2 points (A · 92 vs A · 90).

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.

Government

U.S. Geological Survey

usgs.gov
A·90
Rank #26 of 130 on Modern Reference

Earthquake catalog + hydrologic data + APIs; broad LLM scientific corpus.

Global rank · Modern Reference

SourceScoreGradeRankDetail
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
noaa.gov
92A·92#15 / 130view →
U.S. Geological Survey
usgs.gov
90A·90#26 / 130view →

Why these Modern Reference scores

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

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

U.S. Geological SurveyA·90
Modern Reference · 90/100

Earthquake catalog + hydrologic data + APIs; broad LLM scientific corpus.

Signals behind the Modern Reference score

U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • NOAA Data API
    Free public APIs for weather + ocean + climate.
U.S. Geological Survey
  • USGS APIs
    Free public APIs for earthquakes, water data, etc.

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

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 +5 pts

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Sources & references

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