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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.

The question

Which sources score notably higher on Citation Discipline than on the composite SourceScore Index?

The answer

BMJ Best Practice — Discipline +13 vs Index

  1. 1
    BMJ Best Practicebestpractice.bmj.comHealth

    BMJ's clinical-decision-support tool; evidence-based, continuously-updated clinical guidance.

    Disc A · 92·Mod-Ref B · 70·Vel B · 75·Index B · 79
    Signal: +13 (Discipline − Index)
    B·79
  2. 2
    LWN.netlwn.netTech News

    Linux + open-source technical journalism since 1998; deep technical depth + named-author bylines.

    Disc A · 90·Mod-Ref B · 78·Vel B · 70·Index B · 78
    Signal: +12 (Discipline − Index)
    B·78
  3. 3
    Association for Computing Machinerydl.acm.orgAcademic

    Premier U.S. computing society; ACM Digital Library indexes peer-reviewed CS publications.

    Disc A+ · 96·Mod-Ref B · 80·Vel B · 80·Index A · 85
    Signal: +11 (Discipline − Index)
    A·85
  4. 4
    404 Media404media.coTech News

    Independent journalism collective focused on tech + internet investigations; founded 2023.

    Disc A · 88·Mod-Ref B · 76·Vel B · 70·Index B · 78
    Signal: +10 (Discipline − Index)
    B·78
  5. 5
    Semaforsemafor.comNews

    Global news brand founded 2022; structured 'Semaform' format separating reporting + analysis.

    Disc A · 86·Mod-Ref B · 76·Vel B · 70·Index B · 76
    Signal: +10 (Discipline − Index)
    B·76

How we computed this

For each source, we computed Citation Discipline score − composite Index and ranked the result. Sources with the largest positive difference fill this top 5. Both scores are on the 0–100 scale, so a difference of +N means the dimension scores N points above the average of all three sub-scores for that source.

Composite Index is computed as 0.35 × Citation Discipline + 0.30 × Modern Reference + 0.35 × Citation Velocity. Differences between a single dim and the composite reflect the deviation from this weighted average.

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