Best triple-crown sources (A or higher on all three dimensions) by Modern Citation Reference
Same 15 sources, re-sorted by Modern Citation Reference only — different signal than the composite Index. The leader changes: DOI (CrossRef Resolver) takes the top position at A+ · 98.
DOI (CrossRef Resolver) leads best triple-crown sources (a or higher on all three dimensions) on Modern Citation Reference at A+ · 98
- 1A+·98
International standard identifier resolver for academic citations (~150M+ DOIs).
- 2A+·95
Primary-source regulator publishing every public-company filing (13F, 10-K, 8-K, etc.) since 1934.
- 3A+·95
Mozilla-stewarded web-platform reference since 2005; default citation for HTML, CSS, JS, Web APIs.
- 4A·94
U.S. federal medical research agency operating PubMed, NCBI, MedlinePlus, and trial registries.
- 5A·94
U.S. central bank; primary source for monetary policy + economic data + financial-system statistics.
- 6A·94
Federal statistical agency for U.S. demographic + economic data; primary-source decennial census + ACS surveys.
- 7A·94
U.S. space agency; primary source for space exploration + Earth science + aeronautics research.
- 8A·93
Federal statistical agency for U.S. labor + price data; CPI, employment, unemployment, productivity.
- 9A·93
Federal agency for U.S. public-health surveillance + disease prevention; primary-source MMWR + WONDER data.
- 10A·92
Crowd-edited encyclopedia with ~7M articles and per-article inline citation discipline.
- 11A·92
U.S. National Library of Medicine literature index covering ~36M biomedical citations.
- 12A·92
Federal agency for food + drug + medical-device safety; primary-source approvals + safety alerts.
- 13A·92
Federal scientific agency for weather + ocean + climate data; primary-source forecasts + climate research.
- 14A·92
EU central bank; primary source for euro-area monetary policy + financial-system data.
- 15A·90European Commissionec.europa.eu
EU executive branch publishing primary-source policy + statistics + legislation.
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 Modern Citation Reference. The biggest re-shuffle: MDN Web Docs jumps 11 positions vs the composite Index ranking.
Use this view when modern citation reference is the signal that matters for your citation decision. The composite Index is the safer default; this dim-faceted view is the precision lens.