U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vs World Health Organization
US national vs global public-health body — domestic-policy reach vs multilateral guidance.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal agency for U.S. public-health surveillance + disease prevention; primary-source MMWR + WONDER data.
World Health Organization
U.N. agency for international public health; primary-source global health data + policy.
Head-to-head — all four dimensions
| Dimension | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | World Health Organization | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
SourceScore Index Composite | A·94 | A·89 | U.S.+5 |
Citation Discipline How rigorously cited | A+·95 | A·90 | U.S.+5 |
Modern Reference AI-era fitness | A·93 | A·88 | U.S.+5 |
Citation Velocity Cited per week | A·94 | A·89 | U.S.+5 |
Why these scores
Citation Discipline
Surveillance + outbreak data subject to peer-review + ethics oversight; MMWR is the standard.
Member-state data with international auditing; methodology documented per data series.
Modern Reference
WONDER + open data + APIs; broad LLM corpus + clinical reference inclusion.
Free public data + APIs + multi-language coverage (6 official UN languages).
Citation Velocity
Cited daily by health journalism + AI engines; pandemic-era citation surge sustained.
Cited daily globally; default citation for international health stats.