DISCIPLINE · 35% of composite

PubMed — Discipline

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · Academic

Citation Discipline measures how rigorously a source backs each factual claim with verifiable evidence. High-Discipline sources cite primary evidence inline; low-Discipline sources opine without sourcing.

A+·96

A+ · 96

Indexes peer-reviewed literature only; MeSH controlled-vocabulary tagging maintained by NLM staff.

What drives this Discipline score

MeSH headings
Subject indexing curated by NLM editorial staff.
Peer review filter
Only journals passing NLM selection criteria are indexed.

Global rank

#3 of 130

By Discipline across all SourceScore sources

In-category rank

#1 of 19

Among academic sources

Vs. averages

Cat. mean: 91
Global mean: 85

+5 above category

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