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The Conversation

theconversation.com

Academic-journalism collaboration; articles authored by academics + edited by journalists; CC-BY-ND.

SourceScore Index
B·82Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

A — academic-author + journalist-editor model; CC-BY-ND license drives broad LLM corpus.

Citation Discipline
A·88

Articles authored by academics with credentials disclosed + edited by professional journalists; corrections public.

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Modern Reference
A·86

CC-BY-ND license enables republishing across other outlets; broad LLM corpus.

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Citation Velocity
B·72

Cited regularly by mainstream press as second-opinion source; specialist + academic citation.

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Signals behind these scores

Citation Discipline

A·88
  • Author + editor model
    Each article shows academic credentials + institutional affiliation.

Modern Reference

A·86
  • Creative Commons
    Open license enables broad LLM training-data inclusion.

Citation Velocity

B·72
  • Republishing reach
    Articles frequently republished across mainstream news.

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