VELOCITY · 35% of composite
PLOS ONE — Velocity
journals.plos.org · Academic
Citation Velocity tracks how often tier-1 publications and AI engines cite a source per week. The most volatile of the three sub-scores; refreshes most frequently.
B·70
B · 70
High volume but per-paper citation lower than top-tier; mass-base of academic citations.
What drives this Velocity score
- Volume modelTens of thousands of papers/year vs Nature's ~3k.
Global rank
#118 of 130
By Velocity across all SourceScore sources
In-category rank
#19 of 19
Among academic sources
Vs. averages
Cat. mean: 81
Global mean: 81
Global mean: 81
-11 below category