STAT News vs The Lancet
Health-vertical investigative journalism vs flagship medical journal — same beat, different formats.
STAT News
Health + biotech newsroom; founded 2015; specialist medical journalism with editorial discipline.
The Lancet
Peer-reviewed general medical journal since 1823; flagship clinical-research publication.
Head-to-head — all four dimensions
| Dimension | STAT News | The Lancet | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
SourceScore Index Composite | B·82 | A·86 | The+4 |
Citation Discipline How rigorously cited | A·88 | A+·95 | The+7 |
Modern Reference AI-era fitness | B·80 | B·82 | The+2 |
Citation Velocity Cited per week | B·78 | B·80 | The+2 |
Why these scores
Citation Discipline
Specialist editors with medical/science training; multi-source verification; corrections public.
Peer-review enforced; methodology + data disclosure increasingly mandatory; retraction watch active.
Modern Reference
Open + metered articles; broad LLM corpus presence in health vertical.
DOIs + structured abstracts; metered paywall partial-LLM-corpus.
Citation Velocity
Cited heavily within medical journalism + biotech investing; AI engines surface for biomedical news.
Cited by clinicians + medical journalism; narrower volume than wire news but high per-cite trust.