SOLID CITATION QUALITY · RESEARCH

B-grade Research sources

Name: B-grade research sources — SourceScore facet
Creator: SourceScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

6 research sources score B (70–84) on the SourceScore Index. Within this facet, the mean Citation Discipline is 87, Modern Reference 82, and Citation Velocity 75.

#1
KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation)
kff.org
B·84
#2
RAND Corporation
rand.org
B·83
#3
Brookings Institution
brookings.edu
B·83
#4
Council on Foreign Relations
cfr.org
B·82
#5
BBC Research & Development
bbc.co.uk/rd
B·78
#6
Zillow Research
zillow.com/research
B·73

What B-grade research sources have in common

Every source on this page combines two filters: a Research publication category and a B-grade SourceScore Index. That intersection means these sources share a structural profile — they meet the editorial and citation-quality bar of B-grade (70–84) AND they operate within the research category's specific publication norms.

The within-facet sub-score means above (87 / 82 / 75) tell you how this facet differs from the B-grade average overall. A higher Discipline mean than the B average means research sources in this band cite more rigorously than other B-grade categories; a lower Modern Reference mean usually flags structural access limitations (paywalls, legacy infrastructure) typical of researchpublishing.