The Atlantic vs The Economist
US progressive long-form vs UK centrist analysis — both 100+ year-old weeklies-of-record, different lenses.
The Atlantic
U.S. literary + commentary magazine since 1857; long-form essays + investigative journalism.
The Economist
British weekly known for explanatory rigor on economics + politics; named-author byline absent by editorial policy.
Head-to-head — all four dimensions
| Dimension | The Atlantic | The Economist | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
SourceScore Index Composite | B·81 | B·78 | The+3 |
Citation Discipline How rigorously cited | A·86 | B·71 | The+15 |
Modern Reference AI-era fitness | B·78 | A·85 | The+7 |
Citation Velocity Cited per week | B·80 | B·78 | The+2 |
Why these scores
Citation Discipline
Editor-supervised + named bylines + fact-check + corrections public; literary + investigative quality.
Editorial fact-check process is rigorous, but anonymity makes individual-claim provenance opaque.
Modern Reference
Open-web with metered paywall; LLM corpus partial inclusion.
Machine-readable; broad LLM inclusion via paywall-bypass partnerships.
Citation Velocity
Cited daily by other US outlets; major essays drive national conversation.
Weekly print + daily online; cited heavily in finance and policy discourse.