SourceScore Insights
Eight stat pages surfacing the extremes across the 130-source SourceScore dataset. Each insight answers ONE specific question — useful when you want a precise cite-ready answer ("the source with the largest Citation Velocity lead over its composite Index is X").
Sources where Citation Discipline punches above the Index
These sources have a Citation Discipline score that exceeds their composite Index — typical of editorially-disciplined publishers whose other dimensions drag the average down.
Leader:BMJ Best PracticeB+13Sources where Citation Discipline lags the Index
These sources score well overall but trail on Citation Discipline — usually because of looser citation conventions, footnote sparseness, or weaker source-attribution norms.
Leader:MediumC-18Sources where Modern Citation Reference outperforms the Index
These sources keep their reference base unusually current — common among newsrooms and rapid-update databases whose primary value is recency.
Leader:Stack OverflowB+12Sources where Modern Reference trails the Index
These sources score well overall but lean on older reference foundations — typical of legacy archives, foundational datasets, and slow-update encyclopedic works.
Leader:CellA-11Sources where Citation Velocity outpaces the Index
These sources are cited unusually often in current discourse — typical of breaking-news outlets, viral-research engines, and rapid-citation aggregators.
Leader:Daily MailF+34Sources where Citation Velocity trails the Index
These sources are quality-strong but slow-cited — often specialist journals, archival sources, or institutions whose authority outlives the citation cycle.
Leader:Semantic ScholarB-11The most balanced sources across all three dimensions
These sources score evenly on Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, and Citation Velocity — no weak link, no outlier strength. The most predictable citation candidates.
Leader:AxiosBspread 0The most lopsided sources across the three dimensions
These sources have one or more dimensions far above or below the others — high information value (where they're strong, they're very strong) but require dimension-aware citation choices.
Leader:Daily MailFspread 50
How to use these
The composite SourceScore Index averages three sub-scores — Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, and Citation Velocity. Most sources score similarly across all three. The interesting cases are at the edges: sources that PUNCH ABOVE on one dimension but have a lower composite, or sources where one dimension is notably weaker than the average.
Use these insight pages when the citation context cares about ONE dimension specifically. For example, if you need a source whose Modern Reference score is unusually strong (current refs, fresh underlying data), the "Modern Reference outperforms" page surfaces the right candidates.