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The New York Review of Books

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U.S. literary + intellectual review since 1963; named-byline tradition + long-form essays.

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

A — premier US long-form review; specialist intellectual-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 widely-cited.

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Citation Velocity
B·80

Cited by literary + cultural press + academics globally.

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Signals behind these scores

Citation Discipline

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

Modern Reference

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

Citation Velocity

B·80
  • Intellectual-review default
    Default for US long-form intellectual essays.

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