MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite
Cell vs New England Journal of Medicine — Modern Reference
How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.
Verdict
New England Journal of Medicine outscores Cell on Modern Citation Reference by 6 points (B · 84 vs B · 78).
Academic
Cell
cell.com
B·78
Rank #97 of 130 on Modern Reference
DOI per paper; Crossref metadata; abstracts open but full text Elsevier-paywalled.
Higher Modern Reference
Health
New England Journal of Medicine
nejm.org
B·84
Rank #63 of 130 on Modern Reference
DOIs + structured abstracts + open-access policy for COVID + landmark trials.
Global rank · Modern Reference
Why these Modern Reference scores
CellB·78
Modern Reference · 78/100
DOI per paper; Crossref metadata; abstracts open but full text Elsevier-paywalled.
New England Journal of MedicineB·84
Modern Reference · 84/100
DOIs + structured abstracts + open-access policy for COVID + landmark trials.
Signals behind the Modern Reference score
Cell
- Hybrid open accessSome papers open via author-paid OA; majority subscription-gated.
New England Journal of Medicine
- Open landmark trialsSelected landmark trials available without paywall.
Other dimensions for Cell vs New England Journal of Medicine
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