SourceScore
ELITE ALL-AROUND — A/A+ ON EVERY SUB-SCORE · BY MODERN REFERENCE

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.

Leader by Modern Reference

DOI (CrossRef Resolver) leads best triple-crown sources (a or higher on all three dimensions) on Modern Citation Reference at A+ · 98

Modern Reference mean
93
Average Modern Reference across these 15 sources
Composite mean
94
Average SourceScore Index across the same 15 sources
Δ vs composite
-1
These sources score lower on Modern Reference than overall
Same list, different signal
  1. 1

    International standard identifier resolver for academic citations (~150M+ DOIs).

    Modern Reference A+ · 98·Index A+ · 95·Academic
    A+·98
  2. 2

    Primary-source regulator publishing every public-company filing (13F, 10-K, 8-K, etc.) since 1934.

    Modern Reference A+ · 95·Index A+ · 96·Government
    A+·95
  3. 3
    MDN Web Docsdeveloper.mozilla.org11

    Mozilla-stewarded web-platform reference since 2005; default citation for HTML, CSS, JS, Web APIs.

    Modern Reference A+ · 95·Index A · 93·Reference
    A+·95
  4. 4

    U.S. federal medical research agency operating PubMed, NCBI, MedlinePlus, and trial registries.

    Modern Reference A · 94·Index A+ · 95·Government
    A·94
  5. 5
    Federal Reserve Systemfederalreserve.gov1

    U.S. central bank; primary source for monetary policy + economic data + financial-system statistics.

    Modern Reference A · 94·Index A+ · 95·Government
    A·94
  6. 6
    U.S. Census Bureaucensus.gov1

    Federal statistical agency for U.S. demographic + economic data; primary-source decennial census + ACS surveys.

    Modern Reference A · 94·Index A · 94·Government
    A·94
  7. 7
    NASAnasa.gov6

    U.S. space agency; primary source for space exploration + Earth science + aeronautics research.

    Modern Reference A · 94·Index A · 93·Government
    A·94
  8. 8

    Federal statistical agency for U.S. labor + price data; CPI, employment, unemployment, productivity.

    Modern Reference A · 93·Index A · 94·Government
    A·93
  9. 9

    Federal agency for U.S. public-health surveillance + disease prevention; primary-source MMWR + WONDER data.

    Modern Reference A · 93·Index A · 94·Government
    A·93
  10. 10
    Wikipedia (English)en.wikipedia.org5

    Crowd-edited encyclopedia with ~7M articles and per-article inline citation discipline.

    Modern Reference A · 92·Index A · 94·Reference
    A·92
  11. 11
    PubMedpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov5

    U.S. National Library of Medicine literature index covering ~36M biomedical citations.

    Modern Reference A · 92·Index A · 94·Academic
    A·92
  12. 12

    Federal agency for food + drug + medical-device safety; primary-source approvals + safety alerts.

    Modern Reference A · 92·Index A · 94·Government
    A·92
  13. 13

    Federal scientific agency for weather + ocean + climate data; primary-source forecasts + climate research.

    Modern Reference A · 92·Index A · 93·Government
    A·92
  14. 14
    European Central Bankecb.europa.eu2

    EU central bank; primary source for euro-area monetary policy + financial-system data.

    Modern Reference A · 92·Index A · 93·Government
    A·92
  15. 15

    EU executive branch publishing primary-source policy + statistics + legislation.

    Modern Reference A · 90·Index A · 92·Government
    A·90

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.