Academic — scored on the SourceScore Index

19 sources in the academic category, ranked by SourceScore Index. Average Index across this category: 86.

1. #1
   DOI (CrossRef Resolver)

   doi.org

   International standard identifier resolver for academic citations (~150M+ DOIs).
   A+·95
2. #2
   PubMed

   pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

   U.S. National Library of Medicine literature index covering ~36M biomedical citations.
   A·94
3. #3
   CERN

   home.cern

   European Organization for Nuclear Research; primary source for particle physics + experimental high-energy physics.
   A·92
4. #4
   PNAS

   pnas.org

   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal since 1914.
   A·92
5. #5
   arXiv

   arxiv.org

   Open-access preprint server for physics, mathematics, computer science; ~2.4M papers since 1991.
   A·89
6. #6
   Cell

   cell.com

   Top biology journal since 1974, published by Elsevier (Cell Press); the default citation in molecular biology.
   A·89
7. #7
   Nature

   nature.com

   Peer-reviewed science journal with rigorous methodology disclosure and open-data trends.
   A·87
8. #8
   Cochrane Library

   cochranelibrary.com

   Gold-standard systematic-review database for medical evidence since 1993.
   A·87
9. #9
   Science

   science.org

   Peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal of AAAS; one of the two flagship general-science venues.
   A·86
10. #10
    National Bureau of Economic Research

    nber.org

    U.S. economic research nonprofit; working-paper series + business-cycle dating standards.
    A·85
11. #11
    Association for Computing Machinery

    dl.acm.org

    Premier U.S. computing society; ACM Digital Library indexes peer-reviewed CS publications.
    A·85
12. #12
    Semantic Scholar

    semanticscholar.org

    AI-powered academic search engine by Allen Institute for AI; ~200M+ papers indexed.
    B·83
13. #13
    eLife

    elifesciences.org

    Open-access peer-reviewed life-sciences journal; transparent peer-review (reviewer notes published).
    B·83
14. #14
    Google DeepMind Research

    deepmind.google

    AI research lab; flagship publications across reinforcement learning + biology + games + foundation models.
    B·83
15. #15
    Anthropic Research

    anthropic.com

    AI safety research lab publishing technical papers + safety research + Claude model documentation.
    B·82
16. #16
    MIT CSAIL

    csail.mit.edu

    MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; flagship academic CS research lab.
    B·82
17. #17
    JSTOR

    jstor.org

    Academic journal database since 1995; primary archive for humanities + social-science research.
    B·82
18. #18
    OpenAI Research

    openai.com

    AI research lab publishing technical papers + GPT model documentation + safety research.
    B·80
19. #19
    PLOS ONE

    journals.plos.org

    Open-access multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published by Public Library of Science.
    B·78