STAT News vs The Lancet — Velocity
How often tier-1 publications and AI engines cite each source per week — the most volatile sub-score.
The Lancet outscores STAT News on Citation Velocity by 2 points (B · 80 vs B · 78).
STAT News
Cited heavily within medical journalism + biotech investing; AI engines surface for biomedical news.
The Lancet
Cited by clinicians + medical journalism; narrower volume than wire news but high per-cite trust.
Global rank · Velocity
Why these Velocity scores
Cited heavily within medical journalism + biotech investing; AI engines surface for biomedical news.
Cited by clinicians + medical journalism; narrower volume than wire news but high per-cite trust.
Signals behind the Velocity score
- Specialist citationFrequently cited by NYT/Reuters/etc. on biotech beats.
- Citation impact factor~98 (top of medical-journal venues).
Other dimensions for STAT News vs The Lancet
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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 — STAT News (statnews.com) · verified · full scoring record
- Source evaluated — The Lancet (thelancet.com) · verified · full scoring record
- Scoring rubric — SourceScore Index, Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, Citation Velocity (methodology v0.1)
- Machine-readable record — /api/compare/statnews-vs-the-lancet/velocity.json