VELOCITY · 35% of composite
ProPublica — Velocity
propublica.org · News
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·78
B · 78
Lower volume than wire news but very high per-piece citation rate; cited by NYT/WaPo/etc. when investigations break.
What drives this Velocity score
- Quality > quantityPulitzer-class investigations get cited internationally on release.
Global rank
#74 of 130
By Velocity across all SourceScore sources
In-category rank
#13 of 27
Among news sources
Vs. averages
Cat. mean: 79
Global mean: 81
Global mean: 81
-1 below category