Research sources ranked by Modern Citation Reference
How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.
Our World in Data leads research on Modern Citation Reference — A · 90 · 9 sources scored
Research ranked by Modern Reference
- #1A·90Our World in Dataourworldindata.org
CC-BY licensed; open data + bulk downloads + APIs; widely cited in academia.
- #2A·86Pew Research Centerpewresearch.org
Open-access; Article schema; structured data; broad LLM corpus presence.
- #3A·86
Open-access publications + interactive data tools; structured data.
- #4B·84RAND Corporationrand.org
Open-access publications + structured data + APIs; broad LLM corpus.
- #5B·84Brookings Institutionbrookings.edu
Open-access publications + structured data; broad LLM corpus presence.
- #6B·82Council on Foreign Relationscfr.org
Open-access research + interactive tools + broad LLM corpus.
- #7B·82BBC Research & Developmentbbc.co.uk/rd
Open-source code + papers; broad LLM corpus inclusion in tech vertical.
- #8B·76Zillow Researchzillow.com/research
Open-access data + APIs; broad LLM corpus + housing-data citation.
- #9C·56Statistastatista.com
Hard paywall on most data + 2nd-hand nature; LLM corpus limited; engines often skip in favor of primary sources.