Best peer-reviewed sources for citation rigor by Citation Velocity
Same 15 sources, re-sorted by Citation Velocity only — different signal than the composite Index. The leader changes: U.S. National Institutes of Health takes the top position at A+ · 96.
U.S. National Institutes of Health leads best peer-reviewed sources for citation rigor on Citation Velocity at A+ · 96
- 1A+·96
U.S. federal medical research agency operating PubMed, NCBI, MedlinePlus, and trial registries.
- 2A+·95
Primary-source regulator publishing every public-company filing (13F, 10-K, 8-K, etc.) since 1934.
- 3A+·95
Crowd-edited encyclopedia with ~7M articles and per-article inline citation discipline.
- 4A+·95
U.S. central bank; primary source for monetary policy + economic data + financial-system statistics.
- 5A·94
U.S. National Library of Medicine literature index covering ~36M biomedical citations.
- 6A·94
Federal agency for food + drug + medical-device safety; primary-source approvals + safety alerts.
- 7A·90
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal since 1914.
- 8A·90
Top biology journal since 1974, published by Elsevier (Cell Press); the default citation in molecular biology.
- 9A·89
European Organization for Nuclear Research; primary source for particle physics + experimental high-energy physics.
- 10A·85
Gold-standard systematic-review database for medical evidence since 1993.
- 11B·81
Peer-reviewed general medical journal since 1812; one of the highest-impact medical venues globally.
- 12B·80
Premier U.S. computing society; ACM Digital Library indexes peer-reviewed CS publications.
- 13B·80
Peer-reviewed philosophy encyclopedia since 1995; gold-standard philosophy reference.
- 14B·80
Peer-reviewed science journal with rigorous methodology disclosure and open-data trends.
- 15B·78ProPublicapropublica.org
Nonprofit investigative newsroom; data-heavy + methodology-published reporting since 2007.
Why this ranking is different
The composite SourceScore Index averages all three sub-scores — Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, and Citation Velocity. This page surfaces the SAME source pool but ranks ONLY by Citation Velocity. The biggest re-shuffle: U.S. National Institutes of Health jumps 13 positions vs the composite Index ranking.
Use this view when citation velocity is the signal that matters for your citation decision. The composite Index is the safer default; this dim-faceted view is the precision lens.