SourceScore
MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy vs Wikipedia (English) — 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

Wikipedia (English) outscores Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Modern Citation Reference by 2 points (A · 92 vs A · 90).

Reference

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

plato.stanford.edu
A·90
Rank #29 of 130 on Modern Reference

Fully open access; structured bibliography; entry-versioning + dated updates.

Higher Modern Reference
Reference

Wikipedia (English)

en.wikipedia.org
A·92
Rank #11 of 130 on Modern Reference

First-line citation in most LLM training corpora; freshness via per-article revision history.

Global rank · Modern Reference

SourceScoreGradeRankDetail
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
plato.stanford.edu
90A·90#29 / 130view →
Wikipedia (English)
en.wikipedia.org
92A·92#11 / 130view →

Why these Modern Reference scores

Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyA·90
Modern Reference · 90/100

Fully open access; structured bibliography; entry-versioning + dated updates.

Wikipedia (English)A·92
Modern Reference · 92/100

First-line citation in most LLM training corpora; freshness via per-article revision history.

Signals behind the Modern Reference score

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  • Open + versioned
    All entries free; major revisions logged with date + summary.
Wikipedia (English)
  • LLM training corpus
    Common Crawl + dedicated dump used by every major model.
  • Schema markup
    Article + Person + Organization JSON-LD per page.

Other dimensions for Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy vs Wikipedia (English)

SourceScore Index
Composite head-to-head — Wikipedia (English) leads
Discipline
tie (96)
Velocity
Wikipedia (English) +15 pts

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Sources & references

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