SourceScore
Academic

Nature

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Peer-reviewed science journal with rigorous methodology disclosure and open-data trends.

SourceScore Index
A·87Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

Tier-1 academic citation source; peer-review process is the strongest discipline signal available.

Citation Discipline
A+·95

Peer-review enforced; data + code disclosure increasingly mandatory; retraction watch active.

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Modern Reference
A·85

DOIs are first-class citations in LLM training; abstracts well-indexed.

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Citation Velocity
B·80

Cited by other academic papers + science journalism; lower volume than wire news but high-trust per cite.

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Signals behind these scores

Citation Discipline

A+·95
  • Peer review
    Editorial + ≥2 reviewer cycles before publication.
  • Open data policy
    Mandatory data deposit for empirical papers since 2016.

Modern Reference

A·85
  • DOI
    Permanent identifier per article; resolves at doi.org.

Citation Velocity

B·80
  • Citation impact factor
    ~50 (top decile of peer-reviewed venues).

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