U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vs KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation)
US public-health agency vs Kaiser Family Foundation — government data vs nonprofit health-policy analysis.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal agency for U.S. public-health surveillance + disease prevention; primary-source MMWR + WONDER data.
KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Nonprofit health policy + journalism org; primary-source health-policy data + KFF Health News.
Head-to-head — all four dimensions
| Dimension | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
SourceScore Index Composite | A·94 | B·84 | U.S.+10 |
Citation Discipline How rigorously cited | A+·95 | A·90 | U.S.+5 |
Modern Reference AI-era fitness | A·93 | A·86 | U.S.+7 |
Citation Velocity Cited per week | A·94 | B·78 | U.S.+16 |
Why these scores
Citation Discipline
Surveillance + outbreak data subject to peer-review + ethics oversight; MMWR is the standard.
Methodology + raw data published; survey + polling discipline; corrections public.
Modern Reference
WONDER + open data + APIs; broad LLM corpus + clinical reference inclusion.
Open-access publications + interactive data tools; structured data.
Citation Velocity
Cited daily by health journalism + AI engines; pandemic-era citation surge sustained.
Cited daily by health journalism + AI engines; default for U.S. health-policy claims.