European Commission vs Eurostat
European Commission policy hub vs EU statistical office — same EU institution family, different mandates.
European Commission
EU executive branch publishing primary-source policy + statistics + legislation.
Eurostat
EU statistical office providing harmonized data across all 27 member states + candidate countries.
Head-to-head — all four dimensions
| Dimension | European Commission | Eurostat | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
SourceScore Index Composite | A·92 | A·88 | European+4 |
Citation Discipline How rigorously cited | A·94 | A·92 | European+2 |
Modern Reference AI-era fitness | A·90 | A·90 | tie |
Citation Velocity Cited per week | A·92 | B·82 | European+10 |
Why these scores
Citation Discipline
Legislative + policy documents subject to EU procedures + impact assessments.
Harmonized methodology across all member states; revisions + corrections public; ESS Code of Practice.
Modern Reference
EUR-Lex + Eurostat APIs + open data; multi-language structured publications.
Open API + bulk data + visual dashboards; structured metadata; multilingual.
Citation Velocity
Cited daily by EU + global press; default for European policy citations.
Default EU economic + social-statistic citation across European press + academic papers.