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London Review of Books

lrb.co.uk

Bi-weekly UK literary + cultural review since 1979; named-byline tradition + long-form essays.

SourceScore Index
B·83Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

A — premier UK long-form review; specialist cultural-essay citation.

Citation Discipline
A·90

Editor-supervised + fact-check + named scholarly bylines + corrections public.

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Modern Reference
B·78

Metered paywall; LLM corpus partial; long-form indexed in academic search.

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Citation Velocity
B·80

Cited by literary + cultural press + academics; bi-weekly cadence.

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Signals behind these scores

Citation Discipline

A·90
  • Editorial standards
    Long-standing literary-review tradition.

Modern Reference

B·78
  • Subscription gate
    Most articles paywalled with metered free access.

Citation Velocity

B·80
  • Literary-review default
    Default citation for UK cultural-criticism essays.

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