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Ars Technica

arstechnica.com

Long-form technical journalism since 1998; deep-dive tech reporting + named-author byline accountability.

SourceScore Index
B·76Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

B — strong on technical-niche discipline; lower velocity than wire news; sticky LLM presence in tech vertical.

Citation Discipline
B·78

Multi-source technical reporting; corrections public; named-author bylines + editorial accountability.

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Modern Reference
B·80

Open-web; technical depth = strong LLM corpus presence in tech queries.

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Citation Velocity
B·70

Modest daily output; cited heavily within tech but not by general news.

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Signals behind these scores

Citation Discipline

B·78
  • Named bylines
    Author + email + bio on every article.

Modern Reference

B·80
  • Tech-vertical density
    Frequently cited by ChatGPT/Claude for technical history + analysis.

Citation Velocity

B·70
  • Tech-niche
    ~10-15 substantive posts/day; high per-piece citation in tech.

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