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TOP 10 NEWS · BY DISCIPLINE

Top 10 news by Citation Discipline

The same 10 news sources from the composite top-10, re-ranked by Citation Discipline only. ProPublica takes the top position at A+ · 95.

Biggest mover

ProPublica jumps 3 positions in the Discipline ranking vs the composite — punches above weight on Citation Discipline.

Discipline mean
88
Average Discipline across these 10 sources
Composite mean
85
Average SourceScore Index across the same 10 sources
Δ vs composite
+3
Top-10 news score higher on Discipline
Same top-10 pool, different signal
  1. 1
    ProPublicapropublica.org3

    Nonprofit investigative newsroom; data-heavy + methodology-published reporting since 2007.

    Discipline A+ · 95·Index A · 86
    A+·95
  2. 2
    Reutersreuters.com1

    Global wire service with mandatory two-source verification and machine-readable archives since 1851.

    Discipline A · 91·Index A · 89
    A·91
  3. 3

    Cooperative wire service with style guide that defines US journalism standards since 1846.

    Discipline A · 89·Index A · 86
    A·89
  4. 4
    The New York Timesnytimes.com2

    U.S. national newspaper of record, founded 1851. Pulitzer Prize record + investigative depth + structured-data-rich web platform.

    Discipline A · 88·Index A · 88
    A·88
  5. 5

    U.S. business + finance daily, founded 1889. Hard-news editorial wing separate from opinion section.

    Discipline A · 88·Index A · 85
    A·88
  6. 6
    Financial Timesft.com2

    British business + economics daily; rigorous editorial process; pink-paper standard for finance reporting.

    Discipline A · 88·Index B · 84
    A·88
  7. 7
    The Washington Postwashingtonpost.com2

    U.S. national newspaper, founded 1877; investigative + politics emphasis; Pulitzer record.

    Discipline A · 87·Index A · 86
    A·87
  8. 8
    Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com1

    Business + finance newsroom feeding the Bloomberg Terminal; broad data infrastructure + global beat coverage.

    Discipline A · 86·Index B · 83
    A·86
  9. 9
    The Guardiantheguardian.com3

    British newspaper with open-web-first publishing model; no paywall, broad LLM corpus inclusion.

    Discipline A · 85·Index A · 85
    A·85
  10. 10
    BBC Newsbbc.com

    UK public broadcaster with editorial guidelines + corrections discipline; vast topic + language coverage.

    Discipline B · 80·Index B · 82
    B·80

Why this ranking is different

The composite top-10 ranks by the SourceScore Index — an average of Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, and Citation Velocity. This page surfaces the SAME 10 news sources but ranks ONLY by Citation Discipline. Sources that lead the composite top-10 may not lead on a single dimension — this view is the precision lens.

Use this view when citation discipline is the decision-relevant signal for your citation. The composite ranking is the safer default; this dim-faceted view shows which top-10 source actually leads on the dimension you care about.